Harvard University President Claudine Gay is resigning, report says

Harvard president Claudine Gay is anticipated to resign Tuesday afternoon, in accordance with stories citing unnamed sources. 

According to the Ivy League college’s newspaper, the Harvard Crimson, Gay’s resignation will deliver an finish to the shortest Harvard presidency within the college’s historical past. 

The Boston Globe additionally reported about Gay’s anticipated resignation, citing sources saying Harvard’s provost, Dr. Alan Garber, will turn into interim president. 

Harvard President Claudine Gay is reportedly to step down.  (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Gay, together with the presidents of MIT and UPenn, confronted harsh backlash for failing to make clear at a House Education and the Workforce listening to final month whether or not requires intifada or the genocide of Jews on campus violated their establishments’ codes of conduct or insurance policies in opposition to bullying and harassment. 

The listening to got here in response to rising antisemitism at American universities following Hamas’ October 7 terrorist assaults in southern Israel. 

Gay has additionally been on the middle of a scandal wherein she was accused of a number of situations of plagiarism in scholarly works.