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Larry Summers to resign from Harvard after Epstein files revelations (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 hour ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Larry Summers, former president of Harvard University, will resign from teaching at the end of the academic year, a spokesperson confirmed to the Guardian.

The news of his formal resignation comes “in connection with the ongoing review by the University of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that were recently released by the government”, a Harvard spokesperson, Jason Newton, said in a statement.

Summers also resigned from his role as co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, a position he has held since 2011, according to the spokesperson. He will remain on leave until the end of the academic year.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Kiiinda weird he had to resign himself

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

And that he’s finishing off the year! What the heck. Those students must have an insane group chat lol