U-Md.’s credibility questioned after news release touting chocolate milk

"The bulletin atop a University of Maryland news release was provocative: ‘Concussion-related measures improved in high school football players who drank new chocolate milk, U-Md. study shows.’

But an update posted below that finding in late December added a backpedaling caveat rarely seen from a major research university: ‘This press release refers to study results that are preliminary and have not been subjected to the peer review scientific process.’" …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/u-mds-credibility-questioned-after-news-release-touting-chocolate-milk/2016/01/31/86fe1a9e-c5d3-11e5-9693-933a4d31bcc8_story.html

@Dave_Berry Thank you for posting this. It’s a shame this happened. An embarrassment for UMD for sure. I hate to see this bc it does tarnish the university. Obviously, it is still a top notch school that 99.9% of the time does incredible research. UMD has some of the smartest kids in the country, and the world, as well as faculty. Something sure slipped through the cracks here, and that is unfortunate.