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MIT prof's hunger strike over tenure denial coincides with its study on minority faculty.(NEWSWATCH)(Massachusetts Institute of Technology's James Sherley)(Brief article)
A black Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was denied tenure began a hunger strike on February 6, just days after the school said it will formally examine its treatment of minority faculty members.
James Sherley, a stem cell scientist, said he had been asking administrators to overturn the tenure denial for two years. He vowed to consume only water and vitamin supplements until MIT grants him tenure and admiteds that racism played a role in his tenure denial. He ended his hunger strike after 12 days.
In September, Sherley won a Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health, a $2.5 million grant to scientists taking innovative approaches to biomedical issues.
MIT's chancellor, Phillip Clay, denied a connection between the hunger strike and MIT's announcement of an examination into treatment of minority faculty.
Nancy Hopkins, a gender equity leader at MIT ...
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