US ambassador to Belgium criticizes Ghent University’s suspension of professor over Jason Arday accusations
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U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White on Friday condemned the decision made by Ghent University to suspend researcher Nathan Cofnas over his plagiarism accusations against Jason Arday. White said on the social platform X the decision made by the university to put Cofnas under investigation was “reta…
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University suspends scholar who accused late professor of plagiarism
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US ambassador to Belgium criticizes Ghent University’s suspension of professor over Jason Arday accusations
University Rector Petra De Sutter issued a statement on the matter, confirming that the school had chosen to "take appropriate action," but did not mention Cofnas by name.
Researcher Nathan Cofnas previously claimed Black people would hold few high-profile positions in a meritocracy Nathan Cofnas, the academic who made plagiarism allegations against Prof Jason Arday before his death, has been suspended by a university.
The scholar credited with first exposing fabulist academic Jason Arday’s plagiarism and biographical embellishments has been suspended by his university in the wake of Arday’s apparent suicide. “I was just suspended by Ghent University.
University Suspends Academic Who Accused Jason Arday of Plagiarism sara.custer@in… Fri, 08/21/2026 - 03:00 AM Nathan Cofnas says he will “probably be fired” as Ghent begins disciplinary proceedings. Byline(s) Seher Asaf for Times Higher Education
An academic who accused former Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarizing his thesis before the educator quit his job and later found dead has been suspended from his role at a Belgian university. Nathan Cofnas, a postdoctoral researcher in Ghent University’s philosophy and moral sciences depar…
U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White on Friday condemned the decision made by Ghent University to suspend researcher Nathan Cofnas over his plagiarism accusations against Jason Arday. White said on the social platform X the decision made by the university to put Cofnas under investigation was “reta…
The U.S. government is pursuing leverage against a university in Belgium after that institution suspended the American academic responsible for exposing deceased Cambridge scholar Jason Arday. U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White announced Friday that the United States would be “reviewing any relat…
"I was just suspended by Ghent University. They will almost certainly fire me." The post State Department Steps In After Belgian University Suspends American Scholar Who Exposed Jason Arday first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .
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