US Ambassador Blasts Ghent University Over Suspension of Researcher Who Accused Cambridge Professor of Plagiarism

U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White condemned Ghent University on Friday over its decision to suspend researcher Nathan Cofnas after he publicly accused Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism. White said on X that the university’s decision to investigate Cofnas amounted to “retaliation against an American scholar following his accurate whistleblower reporting on academic fraud.” The…