Neither Harvard nor Professor Lawrence Summers responded immediately to requests for comment.PHOTO: AFP

Harvard says it is investigating ties between former president Summers and Epstein

· The Straits Times

Harvard University said on Nov 18 that it has started a new investigation into ties that former Harvard president Lawrence Summers and others at the university had with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Harvard said the investigation looks at a newly released batch of Epstein’s e-mails
to Professor Summers and other people, The Harvard Crimson, the university’s student newspaper, and the The Boston Globe reported on Nov 18.