Stanford University President Quits After Problems Discovered in His Research

Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne is resigning after months of scrutiny over flaws in his scientific research, sparked by a teenage student’s investigation.

A review, conducted by a special committee that included a former federal judge, didn’t find evidence that Tessier-Lavigne engaged in “fraud or falsification of scientific data,” but it uncovered instances of manipulation of research data by members of his lab, according to a letter Tessier-Lavigne sent on Wednesday.