8 t' |' [# i8 F) h: o; |5 n7 a; S该实验室网页显示,Kubiak教授1980年从罗契斯特大学获博士学位,曾担任过UCSD化学系主任,目前其手下并没有中国学生,Robert Continetti表示,此事在网络上被热炒时,他正在欧洲开会,当即将不当言论网页移除,并且学校最高层也对此事做出妥善回应。将措辞不当的实验室条例放在网络上,是不妥当的(entirely inappropriate)。他非常痛心,愿以化学系主任的名义向华裔社区道歉。 5 C4 l& g6 |; C! g5 p4 {0 Q7 M' A- {# |/ h
UCSD 校长Marye Anne Fox23日发表公开信表示,UCSD对该校出现如此愚钝(Insensitive)和攻击的言语表示诚挚歉意。他们已要求该教授将不当言论移除,并将进一步与「防止骚扰和歧视办公室」(OPHD)合作处理此事。而当事人Clifford Kubiak教授实验室网站上,24日也出现道歉信。信中说,他之前并没有注意到网站上有如此攻击性语言,深感尴尬,愿为此承担全责。 6 c* U) p: u+ y% |. z' ]/ v H2 c. E7 a5 G0 Y
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May 24, 2011 # y% u+ ]$ G* ]! C' K ; v, p# d8 B {/ S& e' L- _6 K' o$ WClifford Kubiak, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California San Diego, has posted an apology for an offensive term that was used on his laboratory’s website. . V8 m! y6 k/ u- G- T. n X" M" b3 l$ P- I$ M' QIn a list of “lab rules,” apparently meant to be humorous, there was the phrase: “Don’t believe anything the Chinaman says.” & S2 T6 Q$ z; \0 k; w% Z3 q6 J; B* {! f( h; c+ L* {4 c
The existence of the web page was disclosed on an Internet forum for Chinese speaking academics. 9 `, M& z( G0 m: S- b% T ! O* Y0 U8 _5 u& R( O* dUniversity officials took the site down as soon as they learned of it and issued an apology late Monday. " I) u( K$ v9 g) |* l, c 7 `, F5 r- x, ]; I$ p. y$ N0 N! bKubiak’s message, posted on his lab website, reads: ; b# I) q* n5 W" c- r . X2 b0 J$ G( o8 i% Z“Please accept my personal and sincere apologies for the insensitive language recently found on my laboratory’s website. I find the language offensive and I am embarrassed by the poor judgment exhibited in posting the offending language. Although I was unaware of the existence of this page until it was brought to my attention, I accept full responsibility. I have taken steps to remove the offending language and will arrange for appropriate training for my research group and me relative to the UCSD Principles of Community.”