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Chan School of Public Health. Here's what to know about the extended controversy and why it matters. Follow her on X HaidarEmma. Haidar can be reached at emma. On Dec. Donors, too, have been both privately and publicly halting their financial contributions to Harvard.

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned just days after her testimony. Who is Claudine Gay? Gay was the first Black person and the second woman to serve as Harvard's president. Garber, who is Jewish, will also be charged with uniting a campus that remains bitterly divided over the fighting in Israel and Gaza.

Gay confronted scandal after scandal during her brief tenure at the helm of Harvard, making national headlines again following her congressional testimony about antisemitism on college campuses and the emergence of allegations of plagiarism in her scholarship. Updated January 2, , at p.

She had much to contribute not just to Harvard, but to all of higher education. By Frank S. Garber '76 became Harvard's interim president after Claudine Gay resigned on Tuesday effective immediately. All the while, Gay faced intense pressure from external voices calling for her removal or resignation, including Harvard donor Bill A.

Elise M. Gay is now the second university president who testified at the hearing to resign. Claudine Gay (born August 4, ) [2] is an American political scientist who is the Wilbur A. Cowett Professor of Government and of African and African-American Studies at Harvard University.

Kettles can be reached at cam. Subscribe to our email newsletter. Harvard President Claudine Gay will step down less than one month after her controversial testimony before Congress. As interim president, Garber will face the difficult task of guiding Harvard through one of its most turbulent periods in nearly two decades.

On Tuesday, she resigned, ending the tenure of Harvard’s first Black president less than. In the last month, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce opened a congressional investigation into antisemitism at Harvard. A source close to Gay said she made her decision to resign last week.

Bacow wrote that the announcements saddened him. Claudine Gay has resigned from her seat as Harvard University's president after a tenure mired by controversy and skepticism. By Claire Yuan. Want to keep up with breaking news? University Provost Alan M. In an email Tuesday afternoon, Gay wrote that she chose to resign following discussions with members of the Harvard Corporation.

By Miles J. By Emma H. Haidar and Cam E. Kettles , Crimson Staff Writers. Claudine Gay was inaugurated as Harvard's 30th president in a ceremony held just more than three months ago. Six months ago, Claudine Gay was celebrated as an obvious choice to serve as Harvard’s 30th president.