RCR Newsletter July 2022

July 2022

Reminder: University Policy Update

August 2, 2022

Per the Vice President for Research (VPR), May 23, 2022 email, the RCR training policy will change as of August 2, 2022. The RCR (Refresher) Course may be completed biennially. In addition, required individuals will only complete two elective modules of their choice (instead of the currently required six modules) for credit at UK.

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Reminder: RCR In-Person Training

Coming August 2022

Beginning in late August, 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. ORI will begin "Train-the-Trainers" for departments that wish to provide their own in-person training.

If preferred, researchers may schedule face-to-face RCR in-person instruction with ORI for groups/departments.

Interested in being an RCR trainer?

ORI is recruiting volunteers to aid with leading RCR training sessions within their department.

RSVP by clicking the button below and sending your name and department with the subject line: Train-the-Trainer, before August 15, 2022.

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Update on Compliance by College

Complete your RCR training today!

As of July 26, 2022, we have 77.2% compliance across all colleges.

Thank you to all who have completed the training!

*Reminder: RCR training is biennial. If you have completed the Basic course, the Refresher stage must be completed every two years by your certificate expiration date to stay in compliance.

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In the News

Putting an End to Abusive Workplaces

How do we optimize the learning environment in academic research labs, Patrick Brandt asks, and what must we do when the environment is toxic to trainees?

June 13, 2022

INSIDE HIGHER ED

By Patrick Brandt

"Every graduate student or postdoc deserves to be trained in a supportive environment by a respectful adviser. Yet you don’t have to search far to hear stories from graduate students and postdocs who suffer under abusive ones.

Most of those stories do not rise to the level of national outcry, and as is generally the case with any kind of bullying, it is the unrelenting microaggressions of badly behaved (tor)mentors compounded over months and years that snuff out the career aspirations of trainees. This is a tragedy not only for those trainees personally but also for science as a whole. We lose out on new and diverse discoveries when young scientists are not allowed to thrive."

Dynamics of cross-platform attention to retracted papers

June 14, 2022

PNAS

By Hao Peng, Daniel Romero, and Emoke-Agnes Horvat

"Retracted papers often circulate widely on social media, digital news, and other websites before their official retraction. The spread of potentially inaccurate or misleading results from retracted papers can harm the scientific community and the public. Here, we quantify the amount and type of attention 3,851 retracted papers received over time in different online platforms. Comparing with a set of nonretracted control papers from the same journals with similar publication year, number of coauthors, and author impact, we show that retracted papers receive more attention after publication not only on social media but also, on heavily curated platforms, such as news outlets and knowledge repositories, amplifying the negative impact on the public."