[Cooter]

It was done under the guise of a "posture study". The link is worth reading when you can access it at home. It is the text of a 1995 New York Times article by Ron Rosenbaum, "The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal: How scientists coaxed America's best and brightest out of their clothes."

[pogo101]

It sounds like something out of the Onion. Oh well, maybe I'll check that out later.