… the Central Michigan University math professors not guilty of plagiarizing a grant they took part in have begun to identify themselves.
One of the seven mathematics faculty members listed on the original National Science Foundation proposal that was found to be plagiarized confirmed she did not participate in writing the proposal.
Mathematics associate professor Lisa DeMeyer was one of the seven faculty members on the investigative staff for the grant proposal and was a senior staff member on the project.
She said in a letter e-mailed to Central Michigan Life she did not participate in writing the grant proposal.
“I assisted the co-principal investigators developing course materials, that was going to be my job but the project was stopped before the work was complete,“ DeMeyer said…
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Update: The plagiarists have been revealed: Manouchehri — now sharing her gifts with another university, Ohio State — and Lapp.
Manouchehri, now a professor at Ohio State University, could not be reached for comment Thursday.
You bet.
November 6th, 2009 at 3:03PM
I did not expect to read about a case of plagiarisms in mathematics…I am amazed !
November 6th, 2009 at 3:09PM
Ah, but mathematicians are notorious for this kind of thing.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:26PM
Thank you RJO.
Actually mathematics is a hell of a subject to plagiarize in – real mathematics, not the teaching of.
But I never did a U-tube search on Tom Lehrer. Wonderful stuff there.
Here’s a link to "The elements". I used to play a tape recording of this to my Freshman Chem class at Carleton in the seventies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmwlzwGMMwc
Sweet memories.