Berkeley reverses tenure denial of outspoken university critic

by E Wayne Ross on June 19, 2005

The University of California at Berkeley has reversed a controversial decision to deny tenure to an outspoken critic of the university’s ties to the biotechnology industry.

Ignacio H. Chapela, an assistant professor of microbial ecology, was initially denied tenure in late 2003 after a university senate committee overruled the recommendations of both a faculty committee and an ad hoc panel of specialists in the field.

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