Harvard finds 'duplicative language without appropriate attribution' in President Gay's work

Harvard University said it discovered two more examples of insufficient citations in President Claudine Gay's scholarly work after the school cleared her of plagiarism allegations earlier this month. 

The problems were discovered in Gay's 1997 doctoral dissertation where Harvard said it discovered "duplicative language without appropriate attribution" in two examples, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

Last week, Harvard said Gay would remain president despite calls for her removal over her congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus and allegations she plagiarized some of her doctoral thesis. In that statement, the board said it found "few instances of inadequate citation" but "no violation of Harvard’s standards for research misconduct," and that Gay would request corrections. 

With the new findings Wednesday, the university said: "President Gay will update her dissertation correcting these instances of inadequate citation."

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, which is investigating Harvard, on Wednesday expanded its probe to include Gay and demanded that the university turn over all of its documentation regarding the allegations. 

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