Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns Following Plagiarism Allegations, Antisemitism Testimony

Harvard President Claudine Gay has resigned following allegations of plagiarism and a month after disastrous testimony before Congress where she refused to state that calling for the genocide of Jews constituted harassment. In a letter, Ms. Gay said that stepping down “is not a decision I came to easily.” “It has become clear that it is in the best interests of Harvard for me to resign so that our community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge with a focus on the institution rather than any individual,” she wrote. She took no responsibility for the plagiarism allegations nor the state of campus hatred toward Jews and Israel....