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Marc Hauser’s Fall From Grace

Once celebrated researcher continues work despite investigation

Traces of the popular professor’s presence remain in his lab. His wife Lillian Basse Hauser has been known to come by the place. Their family dog has also participated in experiments, researchers say.

Always accessible to students and colleagues, Hauser posted his Google calendar for public viewing online, in which he lists meetings with family as well as top Harvard administrators, before news of the investigation’s conclusions became public. His CV, which is still available online, lists his home address.

Weeds lean over the pebbled pathway to his home, a royal blue Coolidge Avenue two-family house near the Charles.

His home phone number is also listed in his CV. It has been disconnected.

—Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu.

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—Staff writer Elyssa A.L. Spitzer can be reached at spitzer@fas.harvard.edu.

This article has been revised to reflect the following corrections:

CORRECTIONS: September 15, 2010

An earlier version of the Sept. 13 news article "Marc Hauser's Fall From Grace" incorrectly stated that psychology professor Marc Hauser lives on Kirkland Street. In fact, he lives on Coolidge Avenue.

The article also stated that Hauser became a Harvard professor in 2005. The correct year is 1998.

The article also incorrectly suggested that a Post-it note stuck to a computer screen labeled "Sofia" found in Hauser's laboratory referenced his daughter.

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