May 26, 2006

Ward Churchill Committed Misconduct, Panel Finds

Controversial professor at U. of Colorado may face dismissal

By Scott Smallwood

Ward Churchill, the professor who once likened victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks to "little Eichmanns," plagiarized, falsified, and fabricated material in his own research, an investigative panel at the University of Colorado at Boulder has found. The finding moves the university one step closer to firing the controversial professor.

A five-member committee, which released its 125-page report last week, found that Mr. Churchill had engaged in a pattern of misconduct, shown a