Harvard University Chief Quits, Cites "Racial Animus" In Resignation Letter | Read

The president of Harvard University resigned Tuesday after coming under ferocious attack for her handling of anti-Semitism during protests over Gaza, as well as allegations that she had plagiarized in her academic work. Claudine Gay was criticized in recent months after reports surfaced alleging that she did not properly cite scholarly sources. The most recent accusations came Tuesday, published anonymously in a conservative online outlet. Gay was also engulfed by scandal after she declined to say unequivocally whether calling for genocide of Jews violated Harvard's code of conduct, during testimony to Congress alongside the heads of MIT and the University of Pennsylvania last month