Harvard President Claudine Gay ‘to resign’ over plagiarism claims and disastrous antisemitism testimony

Harvard President Claudine Gay will resign today after a disastrous short stint as head of the university, the student newspaper said The crimson one.

Gay's resignation was not formally announced by the school.

Gay, who took the job just eight months ago, fell from favor after her disastrous congressional testimony about anti-Semitism on campus last month.

She repeatedly refused to condemn calls for genocide against Jews, saying she did not consider such threats to be intimidation.

Gay received a wave of public backlash, saying she was misunderstood.

Since the hearing on December 5, she has been accused of plagiarism throughout her academic career.

Gay, a career scientist, has now been hit with 50 separate charges.

On December 12, after the first claims emerged, Harvard supported her, insisting that she had been investigated and cleared.

The school also refused to listen to donors and alumni who demanded her resignation during the congressional hearing.

Privately, the Harvard Corporation – the university board where Gay sat at the top – was under pressure to make a change.

UPenn President Liz Magill resigned shortly after the hearing, but Gay stood his ground.

In a statement, she said her comments had been taken out of context.

“Some have confused the right to free speech with the idea that Harvard will condone calls for violence against Jewish students.

“Let me be clear: Calls for violence or genocide against the Jewish community, or any religious or ethnic group, are despicable, they have no place at Harvard, and those who threaten our Jewish students will be held accountable,” he said. them during the meeting. time.

Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.