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The Independent UK
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Katie Hawkinson

Embattled Harvard president makes admission about past work after plagiarism probe launched

REUTERS

Harvard University President Claudine Gay has made further admissions in the allegations of plagiarism leveled against her as a US House Committee widens a probe to investigate the claims.

After the US House Committee on Education and the Workforce expanded a probe to investigate claims of plagiarism against her, Ms Gay issued new updates to her 1997 PhD thesis to correct instances of “inadequate citation” following a university review, a Harvard spokesperson told CNN on 21 December. The spokesperson told CNN they were not punishable offences — the outlet noted the spokesperson did not use the term “plagiarism” in their response.

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