Larry Summers’ ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were long public knowledge. But the recent publication of emails between the two men show they were closer than had been publicly known, creating a dilemma — and a reputational headache — for Harvard University, the Ivy League institution where Summers is on the faculty and once served as president.

In interviews this week, a group of Harvard faculty members and students decried Summers’ email correspondence with Epstein, which continued more than a decade after the disgraced financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor. The two men chatted about politics and current affairs, and Summers looked to Epstein for advice on his relationship with a woman.

Lola J. DeAscentiis, 21, an undergraduate student wh

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