Academe Gets Curioser and Curioser

A former University of Buffalo scientific researcher, William Fals-Stewart, has been accused of using actors -- yes, hired, scripted actors -- as part of a painstaking plan to win acquittal in a misconduct hearing led by State University of New York officials. And, by golly, he nearly got away with it! Read on about the saga of Fals-Stewart, who has now been arrested and charged with felony crimes, including the fraudulent use of thespians whose lines are said to have been filled with inaccuracies about his research.