Claudine Gay, the first black president of Harvard University, has resigned following attacks over plagiarism accusations and her response to anti-Semitism on campus amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Claudine Gay, the first black president of Harvard University , has resigned following attacks over plagiarism accusations and her response to anti-Semitism on campus amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. In her resignation letter, Gay cited personal threats and racial animus as reasons for stepping down. She had been criticized for not properly citing scholarly sources and faced further accusations published anonymously in a conservative online outlet.
Additionally, she faced scandal after declining to unequivocally condemn calling for genocide of Jews during testimony to Congress
Harvard University President Resignation Plagiarism Anti-Semitism Israel-Hamas Conflict
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