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Search advisory committee continues work to identify next vice president for research

Senate announces awards and approves degrees

Delaware associate professor of marine science faces sacking after top journals retracted her articles, but she claims a faculty report exonerates her

A University of Delaware associate professor of marine science says a faculty panel ruled in her favor after another committee found her guilty of research misconduct. She says the president is still planning to fire her. Danielle Dixson, an associate professor of marine science at the University of Delaware, received blow after blow last year. On July 8, Proceedings of the Royal Society B issued a correction to a 2016 article she co-authored. It was on how anemonefish respond to bleached versus unbleached host anemones—an important question regarding coral reefs.

The University of Delaware is increasing class lengths by five minutes to meet what its Faculty Senate said were federal minimum standards. The University of Delaware is lengthening classes by five minutes and requiring two additional class meetings—a change the Faculty Senate said was needed to meet the federal minimum requirement.