Overview
- Harvard confirmed Martin Nowak is on paid administrative leave while the Faculty of Arts and Sciences conducts a formal inquiry.
- The investigation, outlined by Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra, follows a Faculty Conduct Committee review and will proceed under FAS procedures with notice and response rights.
- Harvard is arranging coverage for Nowak’s teaching as the probe examines potential violations of university policies and standards of professional conduct.
- New DOJ disclosures include records of at least 150 contacts between Nowak and Epstein after 2008 and a 2013 trip booking to Epstein’s private island, alongside earlier findings that Epstein had office and keycard access at Nowak’s program.
- Harvard previously sanctioned Nowak in 2021 by closing the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics and restricting advising, penalties later lifted in 2023, while former president Lawrence H. Summers said he will retire from his professorship following related scrutiny.