Larry Summers Steps Down From Harvard Role as University Reviews Epstein Emails

David Gilmour Nov 20th, 2025, 6:40 am

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Larry Summers is to immediately leave his Harvard University role after newly released emails revealed his repeated contact with Jeffrey Epstein .

A spokesperson for the university confirmed to The Harvard Crimson on Wednesday that the professor, who teaches economics, will step away from his duties, adding: “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.”

The university has also launched an urgent review into Summers’ correspondence with the convicted sex offender. He will also take leave from

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