Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned on Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school's conduct policy. Gay is the second Ivy League president to resign in the past month following the congressional testimony. Gay, Harvard's first Black president, announced her departure just months into her tenure in a letter to the Harvard community. Alan M Garber, provost and chief academic officer, will serve as interim president until Harvard finds a replacement, the board said in a statement. The House committee announced days after the hearing that it would investigate the policies and disciplinary procedures at Harvard, MIT and Penn.

Source: The Hindu January 03, 2024 21:12 UTC