Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties

Source: The Harvard Crimson

Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties


Lawrence H. Summers in 2005 during his Harvard presidency. Summers will leave his position teaching Harvard classes while the University conducts an investigation into his connections to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein. By Crimson Multimedia Staff

By Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava, Crimson Staff Writers
3 hours ago
Updated November 19, 2025, at 7:38 p.m.

Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein. ... "His co-teachers will complete the remaining three class sessions of the courses he has been teaching with them this semester, and he is not scheduled to teach next semester," a spokesperson for Summers wrote in a Wednesday statement to The Crimson.

Summers will also immediately go on leave from his role as the director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. He has led the center, which focuses on studying policy issues in the public and private sector, since 2011.

"Mr. Summers has decided it's in the best interest of the Center for him to go on leave from his role as Director as Harvard undertakes its review," the spokesperson wrote in a Wednesday evening statement. ... The spokesperson declined to comment on whether Summers is planning on returning to the center in the future.

On Monday, Summers -- who served as United States Treasury Secretary under the Clinton administration -- said he would step back from all public commitments, while continuing to teach undergraduate and graduate students and leading the Mossavar-Rahmani center, according to a spokesperson. ... But by Wednesday night -- just one day after Harvard announced that it would probe his ties to Epstein -- he had changed his mind amid mounting pressure.

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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
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Nov 19, 2025, 8:01 PM
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

— The Harvard Crimson (@theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) 2025-11-20T00:30:03.320Z

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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
Nov 19, 2025, 7:30 PM
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