Maryland's university system wrapped up its plagiarism investigation into President Darryll Pines and basically said he's off the hook. The yearlong probe by Ropes & Gray found a couple of his academic papers had some copied text from other authors, but they decided Pines wasn't the one who actually put that stuff in there. Another paper had some weird authorship credits, but again, they said he didn't do anything wrong.
The whole thing started after conservative outlets went after him last year. Pines is Black and an aerospace engineering professor with a massive research catalog, and he's one of several Black academics who got hit with plagiarism accusations recently. The university system put out a short statement backing him up and keeping him in his leadership role at College Park.
The whole thing started after conservative outlets went after him last year. Pines is Black and an aerospace engineering professor with a massive research catalog, and he's one of several Black academics who got hit with plagiarism accusations recently. The university system put out a short statement backing him up and keeping him in his leadership role at College Park.
