The investigation results were released on a cold winter morning. The university posted the disciplinary decisions all across the department.
Grace was suspended pending further investigation. Her authorization to supervise PhD students was revoked. She was removed as Principal Investigator from every active research grant under her name.
Three papers with improper authorship were officially placed under academic misconduct investigations by their journals.
The Associate Dean received formal disciplinary action and was reassigned. The Department Chair was publicly reprimanded during a university-wide leadership meeting.
That afternoon, my graduate coordinator called me. Her voice was stiff.
"I didn't handle everything appropriately before. I owe you an apology. Your dissertation defen
