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Harvard Confirms Larry Summers Will Retire From Faculty After Epstein Files Review

Harvard said the decision follows its ongoing review of government-released documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.

FILE - Harvard University Professor Larry Summers speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
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Larry Summers, president emeritus and professor at Harvard University, during an interview in New York, on Sept. 17, 2025.

Overview

  • Larry Summers will step down from his Harvard academic and faculty appointments at the end of this academic year and will remain on leave until then, with no teaching or new advisees.
  • Harvard Kennedy School Dean Jeremy Weinstein accepted Summers’ resignation as co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government in connection with the review.
  • Documents released by investigators show Summers exchanged hundreds of messages with Jeffrey Epstein and remained in contact through July 5, 2019, discussing personal matters including women.
  • Summers issued a public apology in November, calling his continued contact with Epstein a serious error in judgment, and he has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing.
  • The fallout has included Summers resigning from the OpenAI board and receiving a lifetime ban from the American Economic Association; his spokesperson also confirmed a brief 2005 visit to Epstein’s island during his honeymoon.