Research Integrity and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Lecture Series: Maintaining and Communicating a Robust Scientific Record in an Age of AI and Social Media

This session of the 2025 RISE Lecture Series will examine cases of scientific papers that required correction, retraction, or—after review—no action. In each instance, transparent communication from journals, institutions, and authors helped minimize reputational damage to science, while obfuscation worsened it. A healthier research ecosystem would destigmatize correction and retraction, encourage open responses instead of evasive statements, and separate misconduct findings from record corrections.

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About the Series

Each semester, the Division of Scholarly Integrity and Research Compliance invites a notable scholar or subject matter expert to share their ideas on ethical issues that are shaping the future of scholarship and the research enterprise. The goal of this lecture series is to foster ethical scholarship, explore a diversity of perspectives about the roles and responsibilities of scholars and researchers, and reflect on the ethical impact of our work in the modern world.