UPenn slammed for celebrating Nobel prize of vaccine researcher it once demoted : science

[–] theotherone@kbin.social 60 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Really?
Are we just critiquing news sources and their poor headline or can we actually comment about the subject?

This person succeeded in spite of being told by an Ivy League school that she wasn’t faculty material. Considering the male professor wasn’t discouraged, I’m guessing it’s just simple sexism.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seriously, I thought this would spur some sort of discussion of “perceived value” in prestige academia, but instead it’s just low effort comments saying “slammed”.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

We can agree, at least, that they were indeed "slammed", with, dare I say it, a thunderous "boom".

I wish that good people didn't have to struggle against the bad people that find their way to power, even in our cherished institutions. But... that's just humans, I suppose. The corrupt and cruel will always seek power while the good ones won't.

[–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Slammed!

[–] pottedmeat7910@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

SLAMMED! BOOM!

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev -5 points 11 months ago

Haha, GOT EEM! They totally got SLAMMED, dude!

[–] style99@kbin.social -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

slammed

[–] Specific_Skunk@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I wonder if AI-assisted articles will eventually form a feedback loop where “slamming” becomes the only way to describe communication.

[+] JackbyDev@programming.dev -12 points 11 months ago

SLAMMED

[+] henfredemars@infosec.pub -14 points 11 months ago

BOMBSHELL

[+] plagueofnations@lemmy.world -32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Wait so she took to heart the criticism levied against her and improved herself? What's the problem? She wasn't good enough, she worked hard, did better and became good enough.

[–] ylai@lemmy.ml 36 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What you suggested cannot be further from the truth. The paper that got her the Nobel was from 2005 (https://www.cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S1074-7613(05)00211-6, see also cited in https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2023/press-release/), and UPenn claimed in 2013 — at least 7 years later — that she would not be “of faculty quality” (https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mrna-coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer-biontech).

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 28 points 11 months ago

The context is literally in the article. The research she is literally winning a NOBEL PRIZE for was not deemed good enough for UPenn, and she was not reinstated to tenure track.

It’s not some “kumbayah I need to work harder” bullshit you see on corporate sales teams. How the fuck does one exactly “work harder” to improve their “personal” mRNA sequencing methods?

[–] TheLobotomist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

No

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