University of Adelaide, UniSA merger proposal failed after uncertainty over name and leadership
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Documents obtained by the ABC shed new light on secret but failed negotiations to merge South Australia's two largest universities, showing top officials disagreed over what to name the institution and how to choose its leaders.
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The University of Adelaide and UniSA refused to go into detail when their merger talks failed in 2018
Leadership and a name for the merged institution were key sticking points, documents show
Massachusetts Institute of Technology disciplining professor with ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
A physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is facing disciplinary action for not informing MIT that Epstein was a convicted sex offender.
A majority of members on an MIT panel found that Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systems and Physics Seth Lloyd violated the college’s conflict of interest policy in connection with donations he received from Epstein, according to an email sent out by college Provost Martin A. Schmidt.
The five-member panel consisted of Professor Rohan Abeyaratne, Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu, Institute Professor Penny Chisholm, Materials Science and Engineering Department Head Jeffrey Grossman and Dean of Science Nergis Mavalvala.