Larry Summers leaving Harvard job amid increased backlash over Epstein ties

Ex-Harvard President Larry Summers has stepped down from his teaching duties at Harvard University following growing outrage over messages between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein The university proven the move Wednesday evening marking a turn in Summers decades-long association with the Ivy League college The move also came after students at the college in Summers' economics class disclosed a video Wednesday that evidenced the professor saying he felt shame over his ties with Epstein According to a message published to The Harvard Crimson Summers' co-teachers will finish the final three sessions of his current classes and he is not slated to teach next semester In addition he will go on immediate leave from his directorship of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School which he has led since 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 noted This is a progressing story Please check back for updates