President of Harvard University Claudine Gay she resigned her position after a series of controversial moments while in office destroyed her standing. Now with the new plagiarism allegations materializing, Claudine Gay has decided to step down as Harvard officials deal with the fallout.
As shown in the Boston GlobeClaudine Gay, the storied institution's first black president, resigned in a letter Tuesday (January 2). This comes after Gay came under fire for comments about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and allegations of plagiarism in her academic works. Gay, who served just six months as president, is the shortest in the university's history.
Gay wrote in her resignation letter that “it is in Harvard's best interest that I resign so that our community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge centered on the institution, not any individual.”
In Gay's place, Harvard University professor Dr. Alan Garber will serve as interim president.
Harvard's issues with Gay at the helm date back to October 2023, and it has never recovered since. After making the war comments, Gay was called to the carpet for not addressing the reported anti-Semitism on Harvard's campus.
Claudine Gay will return to the faculty level and continue to teach students, according to her statement.
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