"His co-teachers will complete the remaining three class sessions of the courses he has been teaching with them this semester, and he is not scheduled to teach next semester," a spokesperson for Summers said in a statement on Thursday. He will also go on leave from his role as director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School as the university undertakes its review, the spokesperson added."
"A Harvard spokesperson directed Business Insider to Summers' team for comment. In a statement on Monday, Summers said that he was "deeply ashamed" of his actions and the pain they caused after emails showing his friendship with Epstein surfaced last week. Epstein was an American financier and convicted sex offender known for his elite social circle. In 2019, he killed himself in jail before his trial for sex-trafficking charges, which prosecutors said involved underage girls."
Larry Summers is leaving his instructor role at Harvard University and will not teach next semester. His co-teachers will finish the remaining three class sessions this semester. Summers will go on leave as director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School while the university undertakes a review. Summers said he was deeply ashamed and apologized for the pain caused after emails showed his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. The emails were released by the House Oversight Committee. Epstein was a financier and convicted sex offender who died in jail in 2019 before his sex-trafficking trial.
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