{
  "id": 1475799,
  "title": "Cambridge head slams 'racist feeding frenzy' over dead academic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/cambridge-head-slams-racist-feeding-frenzy-over-dead-academic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T11:27:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2023438/cambridge-head-slams-racist-feeding-frenzy-over-dead-academic"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The head of Cambridge University on Monday condemned a “racist feeding frenzy” prompted by plagiarism claims against the black academic Jason Arday, who was found dead last week after resigning from his post. After Arday, Cambridge’s youngest-ever black professor, was found dead on Friday following multiple plagiarism accusations, Chris Smith, the university’s chancellor, told the BBC he believed…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}