SUNY-Albany Classicist Loses Chairmanship After Being Accused of Plagiarism

By SHARON WALSH

The head of the classics department at the State University of New York at Albany has been stripped of his chairmanship for scholarly misconduct, following allegations that he plagiarized large portions of a book.

Louis W. Roberts, a professor of classics and director of the university's humanistic-studies program, came under...

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