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Larry Summers going on leave at Harvard as university investigates ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Summers resigned from OpenAI's board and several nonprofits after emails revealed close ties with Epstein; Harvard is investigating while Summers expresses remorse.
- On Wednesday, former Harvard University president Larry Summers took leave from teaching at Harvard University as the school investigates his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
- After lawmakers released more than 20,000 Epstein files, the House Oversight Committee published emails involving Larry Summers on Nov. 12 from Jeffrey Epstein's estate around 2019.
- Emails show Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein corresponded through July 5, 2019, and in one batch Summers sought Epstein's advice about an unnamed woman described as a mentee.
- He resigned from OpenAI's board and major outlets including Bloomberg and The New York Times ended affiliations with Summers, along with the Center for American Progress and the Budget Lab at Yale.
- On Nov. 17, Summers announced he would step back from public commitments; his co-teachers at Harvard will complete the remaining three class sessions, and he is not scheduled to teach next semester as Harvard reviews Epstein ties.
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Larry Summers to step back from teaching and Harvard Kennedy School post as university investigates ties to Epstein - The Boston Globe
Summers is also going on leave from his role as director of the Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.
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