Overview

• Data Colada researchers raised concerns in 2021 about anomalies in Gino’s studies, prompting an 18-month Harvard probe that found evidence of data fabrication.
• Harvard placed Gino on administrative leave in June 2023 before the Harvard Corporation stripped her of tenure this May, marking the first such firing since the 1940s.
• Before the scandal, Gino was a renowned behavioral economist at Harvard Business School, authoring over 140 papers on decision making and earning more than $1 million per year.
• She has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and filed a $25 million lawsuit accusing Harvard of breaching its policies and Data Colada of defamation.
• A federal judge dismissed her defamation claims but allowed her breach-of-contract suit to move forward in Massachusetts court.