Harvard University said it has found additional instances of insufficient citations by school President Claudine Gay as a congressional committee announced it will investigate mounting allegations of plagiarism against her.
The Ivy League school said Wednesday that a recent review uncovered more examples of duplicative language without appropriate attribution in Grays 1997 doctoral dissertation, according to the Boston Globe, which obtained a summary of the report.
President Gay will update her dissertation correcting these instances of inadequate citation, the summary stated, with the Harvard Crimson saying it involved three other corrections to those already made to her work.
The review also confirmed that Harvard knew as early as Oct. 24 that The Post was pursuing a story on allegations of plagiarism against President Gay.
However, an independent three-person panel failed to find the plagiarized material because it focused on “all of President Gays other published works, not her dissertation, according to the student paper report. 4 Harvard President Claudine Gay is the subject of a fresh complaint outlining more than 40 plagiarism allegations. Getty Images
It was only in response to new allegations, that the subcommittee undertook a review of the dissertation, the university review reportedly said.
The focus on her work emerged as there were growing calls for Gay to be fired over her damning Congressional testimony about the failure to tackle rising antisemitism on campus.
Before the latest errors, the Harvard Corporation the schools highest governing body already confirmed an independent review uncovered three cases of inadequate citation, but no misconduct. 4 Plagiarism allegations against Gay first surfaced earlier this month. David McGlynn
Still, the school maintained that it did not amount to a “violation of Harvards standards for research misconduct” while stating its firm support for the leader.
The latest confirmation of errors comes as a new report outlines more than 40 allegations of her plagiarizing others works. 4 Documentation demonstrating Gay plagiarized multiple sections of her doctoral thesis. @realchrisrufo / X
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and the Workforce, which is investigating Harvard, also on Wednesday announced an inquiry into how the school handled the allegations of plagiarism.
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to the Harvard Corporation demanding the school to turn over [a]ll documents and communications concerning the initial allegations of plagiarism and its investigation of them, according to the Globe. 4 A video messaging truck circling Harvard’s campus called Gay a “national disgrace.” David McGlynn
The congressional committee was already investigating antisemitism on the college campus
Gay previously defended her academic work when the allegations started mounting.
I stand by the integrity of my scholarship,” she told the Boston Globe earlier this month. “Throughout my career, I have worked to ensure my scholarship adheres to the highest academic standards.
