Overview

• Harvard Business School’s probe concluded that Gino altered observations in four co-authored papers published between 2012 and 2020 to support her hypotheses.
• A trio of behavioral scientists from the Data Colada blog first flagged anomalies in Gino’s work in 2023, prompting Harvard to launch a full investigation.
• Gino’s tenure revocation marks the first time Harvard has stripped a professor of tenure since the 1940s under formal termination rules.
• Before her dismissal, Gino earned approximately $1 million annually, ranking her among Harvard’s highest-paid faculty members.
• Gino maintains her innocence and has sued Harvard and the Data Colada bloggers, although a federal judge dismissed her defamation claims last September.