Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 646

"Edna has been on a roll with her academic work over the years, though..."

"Academic achievements don't necessarily equate to moral integrity. She's too full of herself; a reality check wouldn't hurt."

Hancock's frown eased at this: "...Should we reach out to Madeleine? Smooth things over?"

"No need. I know Madeleine. She's not one for power struggles or infighting. She's the rare kind who genuinely focuses on her research."

"Her three students, and that lab they've been flaunting all over the Lumina City Times..."

Sinclair Nelson tapped his desk, where a copy of the newspaper lay open to the very article about Roseanne and her team setting up their own lab.

He was silent for a longer moment this time.

Hancock remained quiet as well.

Finally, Sinclair Nelson spoke, "... Let them be. Those three students... they've got money, space, and somehow got through all the red tape. They've got some talent. But setting up a lab doesn't guarantee academic success. It's too early to tell how this will play out." "Even if they do manage to produce something noteworthy, it will ultimately be under the university's name. It doesn't change the big picture."

first-year grad students pulling off a significant academic publication? That Roseanne got a piece in Science, but it was just a commentary, not original research. It's

after the lab's completion, a paper titled "Computational Principles and Challenges in

news sent shockwaves through the

of the global powerhouse Nature, focusing on the latest

the top journals in the

it's a big deal, leagues beyond the local journals where Sybil previously

paper

mention of Kingswell University or its

when he heard,

"Yes. It's already listed in the journal database,"

reading, Hancock's legs

he managed, "...Aren't they just

before

students are getting published in Nature

The secretary remained silent.

possible, but now it had happened, so there was no straightforward