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From: Sent: To: Subject: not =fanning any comment? Lawrence Krauss < Monday, August 6, 2018 3:28 PM jeffrey E. Fwd: Followup: From Nature reporter confirmation for reason for non-renewal of Origins directorship? Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director,=Cosmology Initiative Foundation =rofessor School of =arth & Space Exploration and 85287-1404 Research Office: <mailto origins.asu.edu =/div> Begin=forwarded message: From: =/b>Alexandra Witze < Physics Department Arizona=State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ I Assistant (Jessica): Origins Office (Cynthia): =nbsp; krauss.faculty.asu.edu Subject: =/b>Followup: From =ature reporter: confirmation for reason for non-renewal of Origins =irectorship? Date: August 6, 2018 at 7:18:28 AM PDT To: =/b>' Hi, I'm chasing on the =essage below to ask, for a very brief news item in Nature: > Can you =onfirm whether the non-renewal of your contract as director of the =rigins Project was related to the allegations of harassment as reported =y BuzzFeed earlier this year? > Do you have =ny additional response to various allegations in the BuzzFeed =rticle beyond your response of March 7 of this year? Did you, in =act, give unwanted sexual attention to the women described in the =rticle? you. I'd need to hear from you today, August 6, in order to =ncorporate any information into our news brief. Thank EFTA_R1_01791584 EFTA02602847 Alexandra =itze Reporter, =ature From: Alexandra Witze Sent: Friday, August 3, 2018 6:25 =M To: Subject: From Nature reporter: =onfirmation for reason for non-renewal of Origins =irectorship? Hi, I'm =riting a very short item (a 100-word brief) for Nature's news =ection about the change in leadership at the Origins Project. Can you =onfirm whether the non-renewal of your contract, as you described yesterday on Twitter, was related =o the allegations of harassment as reported by BuzzFeed earlier this =ear? Thanks for any information. Alexandra Witze Reporter, =ature or DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is confidential and =hould not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. =f you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and =elete it from your mailbox or any other storage mechanism. Springer =ature America, Inc. does not accept liability for any statements made =hich are clearly the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of =pringer Nature America, Inc. or one of their agents. Please note that neither =pringer Nature America, Inc. or any of its agents accept any =esponsibility for viruses that may be contained in this e-mail or its =ttachments and it is your responsibility to scan the e-mail and =ttachments (if any). 2 EFTA_R1_01791585 EFTA02602848