Harvard University is probing additional faculty ties to Jeffrey Epstein after the bombshell revelation that former president Larry Summers had corresponded extensively with the convicted pedophile.
The elite school will review a freshly released batch of emails between Epstein and Summers as well as others connected to the university, The Harvard Crimson and Boston Globe first reported.
“The university is conducting a review of information concerning individuals at Harvard included in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents to evaluate what actions may be warranted,” Harvard spokesman Jason Newton told The New York Times.
Emails released last week as part of a massive Epstein document dump showed that Summers and the disgraced financier had emailed frequently in 2017, 2018 and 2019 — including an exchange where the longtime economics professor sought advice about a woman he was pursuing at the time.
Summers has since stepped back from public commitments at the Ivy League, saying he was “deeply ashamed” by the communications with Epstein. He will continue teaching economics at the university, however, a role he’s held since 1983.
He also stepped down from the board of OpenAI, and the Times confirmed his one-year contract as a contributing writer solidified in January would not be renewed.
Summers led the university from 2001 to 2006.
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