Summers to step down from teaching at Harvard
3 days ago
- #Jeffrey Epstein
- #Harvard
- #Lawrence Summers
- Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will leave his teaching role amid an investigation into his ties to Jeffrey E. Epstein.
- Summers is also taking leave from his directorship at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School.
- The decision follows public pressure after revelations of Summers' personal communications with Epstein, including discussions about a romantic pursuit.
- Summers has stepped down from other prominent roles, including positions at OpenAI, Bloomberg News, and the New York Times.
- This is part of Summers' long history with Harvard, including his controversial presidency from 2001 to 2006.