University suspends academic behind Jason Arday plagiarism charges
A Belgian university on Thursday suspended a US academic who spearheaded accusations of plagiarism against Jason Arday, the black ex-Cambridge professor found dead last week after resigning over the scandal.
Researcher Nathan Cofnas — a self-defined “race realist” who was himself sacked from his Cambridge post two years ago — posted on X: “I was just suspended by Ghent University.
Arday, who became Cambridge’s youngest-ever black professor when he was appointed in 2023, was found dead Friday aged 41.
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