Claudine Gay Resigns; Harvard Reacts

The Harvard Crimson Presents

Yesterday, Claudine Gay resigned as president of Harvard University, marking the shortest presidential tenure in the school’s centuries-long history. Gay, the University’s first Black president and second woman president, became mired in controversy after the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the ensuing conflict on campus, followed by allegations of plagiarism in her academic work. How did we get here? Where do we go now? As the University arrives at a historic inflection point, the opinion section of The Crimson’s special edition on Gay’s resignation offers answers to these important questions from a diversity of perspectives across the Harvard community. —Tommy Barone ’25 and Jacob M. Miller ’25, Editorial Chairs

Harvard Must Learn The Lessons of President Gay’s Troubled Tenure.

It’s Open Season On Black Academics

To Move Forward, Harvard Must Refocus on Its Mission

Gay’s Resignation Is Not a Win Against Antisemitism

Go Tell It on the Mountain, Claudine Gay

I Led Harvard Medical School. With Gay’s Resignation, the Corporation Must Rethink Its Approach to Governance.

In Gay’s Fall, a McCarthyist Tragedy

Harvard’s Old Presidential Model Is Dead. Here’s a New One.

To the Dreamer: Claudine Gay, We as Black Women Thank You.