Ohio University cracks down on plagiarism apathy

Failure to deal with evident plagiarism in graduate theses has lead to the effective dismissal of the chair of the mechanical engineering department, Jay Gunasekera.

A current student noticed the instances of plagiarism while conducting unrelated research (presumably) and reported it. The subsequent two year investigation found that the plagiarism apathy dated back over twenty years.

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