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Incident 8841 - Resolved

David Sabatini

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Life Sciences
Specific Discipline: Biology
Outcome Year: 2021
Outcome Category: Resigned
Quote: "Professor Sabatini has stepped down from his tenured faculty position at MIT … without exercising his policy right to request that a faculty committee … review the recommendation to revoke tenure"
Link(s):
https://www.science.org/content/article/prominent-biologist-david-sabatini-out-mit-after-breaching-sexual-relationship-policy
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