How does this compare to the Gangelhof paperwriting scandal?

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Influential U of M public health professor resigns amid plagiarism allegations

Catharine Richert and Matt Sepic
Minneapolis
April 15, 2025 6:19 PM

A nationally known public health researcher is leaving her job next month at the University of Minnesota amid accusations of plagiarism.

Rachel Hardeman’s last day will be May 14, according to an email sent to faculty by School of Public Health Dean Melinda Pettigrew on Monday. The email did not state a reason for Hardeman’s departure, and a spokesperson for the university said the U would not elaborate further.

The announcement came four days after a former protégé and colleague posted on LinkedIn that Hardeman poached her work and passed it off as her own.

“When I say ‘verbatim’ I mean, she performed a find+replace in my document, and replaced all instances of ‘Mike Brown’ with ‘Philando Castile,’ and all instances of ‘St. Louis, Missouri’ with ‘Minneapolis, Minnesota,’ and submitted this to the NIH as if it were her own,” wrote Brigette Davis, now a social epidemiologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Read the rest here:
www.mprnews.org

Influential U of M public health professor resigns amid plagiarism allegations

Rachel Hardeman’s work catapulted her to prominence following the murder of George Floyd in 2020. A St. Louis researcher, however, says Hardeman copied her work. Hardeman denies it. A University of Minnesota dean told faculty on Monday that Hardeman will leave the U on May 14.
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This was one rogue individual.

Gangelhoff was systemic...set up by Haskins as he was missing three straight NCAA tournaments after making the elite eight in '90.
 


I'm posting this here because of it has several elements of previous scandals at UMN.

1. Plagiarism. Submitting work done by someone and claiming it is your work.
2. Hiding results of internal investigations. Not unlike the AstraZeneca drug trial which was systemic and dated from 1993.
3. "Star" Professor involved. Covering and excusing behavior like the A Doering Scandal.

It's 2025 and I have to ask who has changed their systemic ways more: academics or athletics?
 

MilosRevenge said:
This was one rogue individual.

Gangelhoff was systemic...set up by Haskins as he was missing three straight NCAA tournaments after making the elite eight in '90.
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Nice to know you didn't read the article.
 





FinnGopher said:
This issue has, literally, nothing to do with athletics let alone the basketball team. There is no correlation. Therefore this thread should be moved to the Off Topic Forum.
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Actually it does. It points out the hypocrisy academics have towards athletics, especially the Men's Basketball program.
 



MilosRevenge said:
This was one rogue individual.

Gangelhoff was systemic...set up by Haskins as he was missing three straight NCAA tournaments after making the elite eight in '90.
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I think it's been accepted that the academic issues under Haskins went back to the Elite 8 Team of 1990 (and earlier). The NCAAs Statute of Limitations meant they could only go back to 1993.
 
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Ewert86PC said:
Actually it does. It points out the hypocrisy academics have towards athletics, especially the Men's Basketball program.
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Hypocrisy? Hardeman will soon no longer be employed by the University just as Haskins was.
 


The offender has to be on medication or something? You put content through a plagiarism software in 2025 and you are busted in about 7 seconds. To be conscious and think that would be a good idea is a sign of other problems.
 



60's Guy said:
The offender has to be on medication or something? You put content through a plagiarism software in 2025 and you are busted in about 7 seconds. To be conscious and think that would be a good idea is a sign of other problems.
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it's probably more they thought that the submission entity would not look into it deeply (which is not uncommon depending on the body you are submitting to and the reviewer's background experience they have with the subject matter). She'd gotten away with it, it sounds like anyway, for years which again is not uncommon particularly in some areas and claims it was a lacking citation situation rather than plagiarism so I guess it depends on how much of the material was used.

would be curious to see what the full amount of details the U got in their internal investigation and who sat on the panel to decide it had been handled
 

Ope3 said:
Hypocrisy? Hardeman will soon no longer be employed by the University just as Haskins was.
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And she probably won't get $1.5 million on the way out like Clem (although he was ordered to pay back about 2/3 three years later)
 


Someone is systematically reviewing public university hires and blowing the whistle. I have zero problem with it but I am certain they are targeting specific hires.
 

Ewert86PC said:
Actually it does. It points out the hypocrisy academics have towards athletics, especially the Men's Basketball program.
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Huh?
This is a stretch with no logical correlation.
The woman is stepping down after plagiarizing a paper. The accreditation board is not stepping in and penalizing the public health department. How are academics hypocritical?
 


Unfortunately for Ms. Hardeman, that ole find and replace was her best piece of work. She was always a completely empty suit. If you look at some of her other writings and takes, she reads and comprehends at a HS level. She's not a smart person which shows in what an awful job she did in stealing someone else's work. It reminds of when I play hide and seek with my toddlers, they think if they close their eyes that I can't see them. She as good at writing and research as my giggling eyes-closed 2 yr old is at being covert.

Coincidentally (or if you're being conspiratorial), she is an outspoken advocate and her mom was on Derek Chauvin's jury. What are the odds?

All of that said, hang the damn banners.
 


Vegwards said:
It is safe to say that these same "journalists" will say little to nothing about it or will spin it as though it is racism. it is amazing that this story got by the Star Tribune and MPR gatekeepers.
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This one was pretty bad. This was the equivalent of a copy and paste. Most people who plagiarize do it like that lady who is the head of the EU, where they steal small pieces and don't give credit. It takes a real idiot to just copy and paste something when you're a public figure.
 



Ope3 said:
Haskins was not terminated "immediately" after the Pioneer Press broke the story on the eve of the 1999 NCAA Tournament.

There was an investigation. He was forced to resign on 6/25/99 per Wiki.

en.wikipedia.org

University of Minnesota basketball scandal - Wikipedia

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WIKI? There are no incorrect "facts" there. The Pioneer Press is not the administration. When the administration investigated and determined there was cause, he was gone immediately. So why was the academic employee allowed to stay employed for month after determination they were fired for casue.
 

I mean you are wrong.

mndaily.com

Fallout might reach Clem’s staff

In the wake of men’s basketball coach Clem Haskins’ resignation Friday, the status of other men’s athletics officials at the University appears to be in jeopardy. University President Mark Yudof...
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He resigned in June. The scandal broke in March.

I mean just use Google dude...

(I was at the U at the time)
 

Dave H said:
I mean you are wrong.

mndaily.com

Fallout might reach Clem’s staff

In the wake of men’s basketball coach Clem Haskins’ resignation Friday, the status of other men’s athletics officials at the University appears to be in jeopardy. University President Mark Yudof...
mndaily.com mndaily.com

He resigned in June. The scandal broke in March.

I mean just use Google dude...

(I was at the U at the time)
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Wrong about what...dude? 25 years ago, and WIKI is your absolute source for "facts". There are no definitive "facts" about the timing of the firing related to discovery and determination of fault by the uom administration. Still want to know why the academic wasn't fired immediately? Should I just google that or is there a WIKI page that has the "facts".
 

That isn't wiki...I posted an article from the Minnesota Daily that literally tells you when he was done. You can try and flip this to cya and make it about how ope used wiki...but that doesn't hide the fact that underlying argument is flat out incorrect. Haskins was not terminated "immediately " by any stretch of the imagination.

Your whole premise is wrong and you just keep doubling down. The scandal broke in March and Clem resigned in June. Just like the fraud academic.

But please, keep digging. Maybe attack my grammar or something to deflect from the fact that you just can't admit you made an easy and understandable mistake.
 


dbmn said:
WIKI? There are no incorrect "facts" there. The Pioneer Press is not the administration. When the administration investigated and determined there was cause, he was gone immediately. So why was the academic employee allowed to stay employed for month after determination they were fired for casue.
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Clem was forced to resign when presented the results of the investigation. What good would it do him to stay on for the month of July when there were no games or practices? Plus he knew he was guilty.

Also look at the obvious, they were facing NCAA sanctions. Ending Clem's tenure as quickly as possible I am sure was to procure the least severe punishment as possible.

They only got an additional 1 Year Ban by the NCAA.
 

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