RCR Newsletter June 2022

June 2022

RCR In-Person Training

Coming August 2022

Beginning August 2, 2022, in addition to the CITI online RCR course, one in-person RCR training opportunity must be completed biennially. In-person training will be made available through campus and departmental presentations. If preferred, researchers may schedule face-to-face RCR in-person instruction with ORI for groups/departments.

Update on Compliance by College

Complete your RCR training today!

As of June 16, 2022, we have 82.4% compliance across all colleges.

Thank you to all who have completed the training!

*Reminder: RCR training is annual. If you have completed the Basic course, a Refresher course must be completed yearly by your certificate expiration date to stay in compliance.

RCR Team

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In the News

Construction and Validation of the Research Misconduct Scale for Social Science University Students

May 9, 2022

Frontiers in Psychology

By Saba Ghayas, Zaineb Hassan, Sumaira Kayani, and Michele Biasutti

"Misconduct in research and academic dishonesty are important, persistent issues for universities, as most students have engaged in academic misconduct at some point of their careers. Almost all (92%) surveyed students reported having cheated at least once or knowing someone who had. Unethical research practices and research misconduct can also be found among scholars."

AI-generated images could make it almost impossible to detect fake papers

May 24, 2022

Chemistry World

By Katrina Kramer

"Science has a credibility problem. The underlying issues are multi-factorial such as inadequate training in rigorous research methods, irreproducibility of results, logical fallacies and statistical mistakes during data analysis and interpretation, erroneous communication, sloppy literature outputs, and outright misconduct. The result is an ongoing pandemic of retractions."