Neri Oxman Accused of Plagiarism in Academic Writing
Bill Ackman Vows to Conduct Plagiarism Review of MIT Faculty in Response to Accusations Against Wife
- Neri Oxman, a former MIT professor and wife of billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, is accused of plagiarizing from Wikipedia and other sources in her academic writing.
- Business Insider reported 28 instances of plagiarism in Oxman's dissertation and other papers, including lifting text from over a dozen Wikipedia articles without attribution.
- Bill Ackman, who has been campaigning for university presidents to resign over plagiarism and other issues, has vowed to conduct a plagiarism review of all current MIT faculty members in response to the accusations against his wife.
- Oxman has admitted to the plagiarism, apologized, and stated she would review the primary sources and request corrections as needed.
- The accusations against Oxman come in the wake of Harvard president Claudine Gay's resignation over plagiarism accusations, a campaign that Ackman was heavily involved in.