Youngest Black professor at Cambridge who faced plagiarism claims is found dead, reports say

LONDON — A British sociologist who resigned last week from the University of Cambridge following accusations of plagiarism was found dead Friday, British media reported. Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became Cambridge’s youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned after he came under intense media pressure, with weeks of allegations about plagiarism in his academic work and questions surrounding claims about his athletic and fundraising accomplishments.

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