>It probably wouldn't kill anyone for UPenn to say "The value/success of her work wasn't obvious to our P&T committee at the time" or something vaguely apologet

>It probably wouldn't kill anyone for UPenn to say "The value/success of her work wasn't obvious to our P&T committee at the time" or something vaguely apologetic. Yes! UPenn needs to publicly own up to their short-sightedness and apologize to the researcher. If you want the bouquets you should also be ready for the brickbats.