Epstein Resignations Rock the Academic World, Including Harvard Director and Nobel Laureate

"Former Treasury secretary and former Harvard President Larry Summers will reportedly leave his current teaching position and role as the director of Harvard's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the end of the academic year, after saying in the fall that he was "stepping back from public life" amid revelations related to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein."

"Summers has not been formally accused of criminal wrongdoing, but he garnered waves of criticism after emails released by the House Oversight Committee showed that he had sought Epstein's advice about pursuing a romantic relationship with a person he described as his own mentee, just before Epstein's 2019 arrest."

The release of Epstein files has triggered widespread resignations across political, entertainment, and academic sectors. While political figures and entertainment executives have faced scrutiny, the academic world experienced particularly extensive fallout. Harvard's former president Larry Summers and Columbia Nobel Prize winner Richard Axel are among several prominent academics stepping down. Summers resigned from his teaching position and directorship at Harvard's Mossavar-Rahmani Center after emails revealed he sought Epstein's romantic advice regarding a mentee, and visited Epstein's private island during his honeymoon. Though not formally accused of criminal wrongdoing, Summers faced significant criticism, with Senator Elizabeth Warren calling for his departure from Harvard.

Read at Jezebel