Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned over plagiarism allegations. Gay, who became the first African-American and second woman to lead the Ivy League school in 2012, had faced accusations of plagiarizing parts of her published works and appearing before Congress last month. Gay had become the first person of colour and the second woman to lead Harvard when she joined the faculty.
Harvard University President Claudine Gay has said that calls for violence or genocide against the Jewish community, or any religious or ethnic group are vile. “They have no place at Harvard,” she added. The comment came after Gay was criticised by 74 members of Congress over her remarks at a House of Representatives committee hearing on anti-Semitism on college campuses.