The National University of Ireland (NUI) senate awarded a higher doctorate to a US-based academic despite concerns over his past tobacco industry links. Dr Daniel Ennis, an Irish-born academic who previously worked for US tobacco giant Philip Morris, had applied for a higher doctorate of science. The senate is the governing body of the NUI, including University College Dublin, University College Cork, Maynooth University and NUI Galway. The matter was then left without a decision being made until this January, when the senate awarded Dr Ennis the higher doctorate of science (DSc). Announcing the decision, the NUI said Dr Ennis was an authority “in the domain of sensory studies and mathematical psychology”.

Source: The Irish Times March 11, 2021 06:00 UTC