Museum Investigation Clears Neil deGrasse Tyson of Misconduct Charges

In the last few years, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson has emerged as arguably the nation’s best-known scientist. Through a number of books, a revival of the television series Cosmos and his own presence on social media, Tyson has established himself as an intellectual presence and worked to increase the public’s knowledge of all things space-related.

Recently, numerous allegations of sexual misconduct against him have made Tyson’s public image more complex — and they’ve led both the American Museum of Natural History, where he works, and National Geographic, home of Cosmos and StarTalk, to investigate the accusations.

This weekend brings with it the news that the American Museum of Natural History’s investigation has cleared Tyson of the charges against him. As a report at Vulture describes it:

…the American Museum of Natural History has been investigating those claims with the help of a firm called T&M Protection Resources, and has determined that Tyson will keep his job as the director of the Hayden Planetarium…

National Geographic’s investigation, which concluded earlier this year, also cleared Tyson.

The New York Times has more commentary on the American Museum of Natural History’s investigation, as well as comments from several of the women who initially accused Tyson of misconduct.

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