There is no discrimination on the basis ofrace, gender or national origin in the securityguard division of the Harvard police department,according to an 86-page report released thissummer by Vice President and General CounselMargaret H. Marshall.
Eight guards who had publicly chargeddiscrimination--and, in some cases, on-the-jobharassment by their supervisors--say the reportcontains inaccuracies and innuendos about theircharges.
The matter is likely to be resolved in court.Four guards have hired a Waltham attorney, RichardSpicer, to represent them in complaints before theMassachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
Gilbert Lab Fraud
Carl E. Fulwiler, a graduate student working inthe lab of Nobel Prize winning professor WalterGilbert '53, is being investigated for allegedresearch fraud.
A special Faculty investigating committee isperforming the probe, which has lasted, accordingto one source, for more than six months. Thefederal Office of Research Integrity has also beennotified of the allegations of fabricating dataleveled against Fulwilwer, who participates in thezebrafish project in Gilbert's laboratory.
Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles isexpected to receive a report from theinvestigating committee and make a judgment onFulwiler's status in the coming months. Knowleshas declined to comment on the matter.