Estimated read time: 1-2 minutesBOSTON — Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign ​from teaching at Harvard University at the end of the academic year, the New York ‌Times reported on Wednesday, amid the continuing fallout from his ties ⁠to the late convicted ​sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Summers ⁠has been under fire since the U.S. House ‌Oversight Committee released ‌documents detailing an ongoing personal correspondence between Summers ⁠and Epstein. No evidence ⁠of wrongdoing by Summers has surfaced. Summers, also a former president of Harvard University, has been on leave from the university since November and will not return to teaching, the New York ‌Times reported, citing a spokesperson for ​Harvard. Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters on Wednesday.

Source: New York Times February 26, 2026 00:24 UTC