Editing Duke University (section)

====Controversies====
In 2006, three men's lacrosse team members were [[2006 Duke University lacrosse case|falsely accused of rape]],<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=North Carolina: Woman in Duke case guilty in killing |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 22, 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/us/north-carolina-woman-in-duke-case-guilty-in-killing.html |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415201624/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/us/north-carolina-woman-in-duke-case-guilty-in-killing.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Jen |last=Yamato |title=The stripper who cried 'rape': Revisiting the Duke lacrosse case ten years later |work=The Daily Beast |date=March 12, 2016 |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-stripper-who-cried-rape-revisiting-the-duke-lacrosse-case-ten-years-later |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210210620/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-stripper-who-cried-rape-revisiting-the-duke-lacrosse-case-ten-years-later |url-status=live}}</ref>  which garnered [[Reactions to the Duke lacrosse case|significant media attention]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Deitsch|first1=Richard|title=New ESPN 30 for 30 documentary to look back at Duke lacrosse case|url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2016/03/09/duke-lacrosse-case-look-back-media-circus|access-date=March 28, 2016|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=March 9, 2016|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420032355/https://www.si.com/more-sports/2016/03/09/duke-lacrosse-case-look-back-media-circus|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 11, 2007, North Carolina Attorney General [[Roy Cooper]] dropped all charges and declared the three players innocent. Cooper stated that the charged players were victims of a "tragic rush to accuse."<ref>{{cite news |title=N.C. attorney general: Duke players 'innocent' |publisher=CNN |date=April 11, 2007 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/11/cooper.transcript/index.html |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415075729/http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/11/cooper.transcript/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dropping Case">{{cite news|last=Beard|first=Aaron|title=Prosecutors Drop Charges in Duke Case|agency=Associated Press|date=April 11, 2007|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/04/11/national/a113721D83.DTL|access-date=April 11, 2007|work=The San Francisco Chronicle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526075138/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2007%2F04%2F11%2Fnational%2Fa113721D83.DTL|archive-date=May 26, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The District Attorney, [[Mike Nifong]], was subsequently disbarred.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Setrakian|first1=Lara|last2=Francescani|first2=Chris|date=June 16, 2007|title=Former Duke Prosecutor Nifong Disbarred|url=https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3285862&page=1|agency=ABC News|location=Raleigh, N.C.|access-date=May 12, 2015|archive-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208223607/https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3285862&page=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2024, Crystal Mangum admitted, during a December 11, 2024 podcast interview, that she "made up a story that wasn't true" about the white lacrosse players who attended a party where she was hired to be a stripper.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-14 |title=Woman who falsely accused US lacrosse players of rape admits she lied |url=https://www.9news.com.au/world/woman-who-falsely-accused-duke-lacrosse-players-of-rape-in-2006-publicly-admits-she-lied/82ab0c9a-b8e1-490e-b676-cbe28ed990d1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214034141/https://www.9news.com.au/world/woman-who-falsely-accused-duke-lacrosse-players-of-rape-in-2006-publicly-admits-she-lied/82ab0c9a-b8e1-490e-b676-cbe28ed990d1 |url-status=live |archive-date=2024-12-14 |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=www.9news.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-15 |title=Woman who accused Duke lacrosse players of rape in 2006 now admits she lied |website=[[NBC News]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-accused-duke-lacrosse-players-rape-2006-now-admits-lied-rcna184136 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215020126/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-accused-duke-lacrosse-players-rape-2006-now-admits-lied-rcna184136 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2024-12-15 |access-date=2024-12-15 }}</ref>  

In 2019, Duke paid $112.5 million to settle False Claims Act allegations related to scientific research misconduct. A researcher at the school was falsifying or fabricating research data in order to win grants for financial gain. The researcher was arrested in 2013 on charges of embezzling funds from the university. The scheme was exposed by the allegations made through a lawsuit, filed by a whistleblower, who had worked as a Duke employee, and discovered the false data.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/duke-university-agrees-pay-us-1125-million-settle-false-claims-act-allegations-related|title=Duke University Agrees to Pay U.S. $112.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Related to Scientific Research Misconduct|date=March 25, 2019|website=www.justice.gov|access-date=April 4, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402160601/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/duke-university-agrees-pay-us-1125-million-settle-false-claims-act-allegations-related|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-north-carolina-duke-settlement/duke-university-pays-112-5-million-in-fake-research-case-sparked-by-whistleblower-idUSKCN1R61YS?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews Duke University pays $112.5 million in fake research case sparked by whistleblower] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521233244/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-north-carolina-duke-settlement/duke-university-pays-112-5-million-in-fake-research-case-sparked-by-whistleblower-idUSKCN1R61YS?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews |date=May 21, 2020}}, Reuters March 25, 2019</ref>

In response to the misconduct settlement, Duke established an advisory panel of academics from [[Caltech]], [[Stanford]] and [[Rockefeller University]]. Based on the recommendations of this panel, Duke Office of Scientific Integrity (DOSI) was established under the leadership of Lawrence Carin, an engineering professor who is one of the world's leading experts on machine learning and artificial intelligence<ref>{{cite web|url=https://today.duke.edu/2019/08/carin-named-new-vice-president-research-university-wide-responsibilities|title=Duke Today|date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=September 29, 2019|archive-date=September 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929014743/https://today.duke.edu/2019/08/carin-named-new-vice-president-research-university-wide-responsibilities|url-status=live}}</ref> The establishment of this office brings Duke's research practices in line with those at peer institutions like [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/09/duke-university-research-institutions-office-of-research|title=Duke Chronicle|access-date=September 29, 2019|archive-date=September 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929014744/https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/09/duke-university-research-institutions-office-of-research|url-status=live}}</ref>