Michael Damiano

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Harvard professors aghast that Claudine Gay resigned without transparent review of plagiarism accusations

Jan 6, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Hilary Burns |Michael Damiano

“No one wanted to be out in public saying we don’t care about research misconduct,” said Harvard history professor Alison Frank Johnson. “You can’t just brush off plagiarism allegations. You need to investigate them.”But a transparent investigation didn’t happen before Gay resigned on Jan. 2.
Harvard University President Claudine Gay is resigning, source says - The Boston Globe

Jan 2, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Michael Damiano |Hilary Burns

CAMBRIDGE — Harvard University President Claudine Gay, the daughter of Haitian immigrants who rose through the sharp-elbowed politics of higher education to become the first Black leader of the nation’s most prestigious university, is resigning, a source familiar with the situation said. She is stepping down after months of contending with interlocking crises over the Israel-Hamas war, campus antisemitism, and allegations of plagiarism in her scholarly works.
Professors say they know how to save Harvard. Top leaders are listening.

Dec 29, 2023 | msn.com | Michael Damiano
Professors say they know how to save Harvard. Top leaders are listening.

Dec 28, 2023 | bostonglobe.com | Michael Damiano

CAMBRIDGE — Just before winter break, four prominent Harvard faculty members met for a private dinner with two of the university’s most powerful leaders. Landing the dinner meeting was something of a coup for the faculty members who are co-leaders of a campaign, launched last spring, to reverse what they see as a rising culture of self-censorship, decreasing tolerance for dissenting views, and a tendency for the university to take official positions on the issues of the day.
Critics see ‘double standard’ in Harvard’s handling of plagiarism allegations

Dec 21, 2023 | bostonglobe.com | Michael Damiano |Hilary Burns

It also comes on the heels of another controversy, over Gay’s equivocal answer at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism about whether calls for genocide of Jews would violate Harvard’s rules.
Harvard says President Claudine Gay is correcting another piece of her writing

Dec 20, 2023 | bostonglobe.com | Michael Damiano |Hilary Burns

Harvard University said Wednesday night that a newly disclosed review found additional instances of inadequate citation in President Claudine Gay’s writings, hours after a congressional committee announced an inquiry into how Harvard handled allegations of plagiarism against Gay. In a 3-page summary released to the Globe, Harvard said that a recent review discovered additional “examples of duplicative language without appropriate attribution” in Gay’s 1997 PhD dissertation.
Harvard’s president now faces the school’s most difficult test - The Boston Globe

Dec 15, 2023 | bostonglobe.com | Hilary Burns |Michael Damiano

The days ahead won’t be much easier for Claudine Gay. Weakened by controversy, vilified by loud antagonists, and her missteps called out by a statement from her own board, the still-new president of Harvard University faces a daunting test. She now must repair her reputation, unite a deeply fractured community, and chart a path Harvard can follow to escape the worst cycle of campus unrest in decades.
Key oversight board backs Harvard University leader: ‘We unanimously stand in support of President Gay’ - The Boston Globe

Dec 12, 2023 | bostonglobe.com | Hilary Burns |Michael Damiano

Breaking days of silence, Harvard University’s key oversight board on Tuesday issued a statement of unanimous support for President Claudine Gay, a week after her testimony at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism caused a national uproar.
Harvard Corporation to meet as furor over president Claudine Gay’s testimony enters seventh day - The Boston Globe

Dec 11, 2023 | bostonglobe.com | Hilary Burns |Michael Damiano

The Harvard Corporation planned to meet on Monday as the controversy over university president Claudine Gay’s testimony at a congressional hearing on antisemitism last Tuesday continued into a second week. Gay, as well as the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, faced intense criticism for offering legalistic and equivocal answers to questions about whether calls for the genocide of Jews would violate their schools’ rules.
Fallout from explosive antisemitism hearing stretches into fourth day

Dec 8, 2023 | bostonglobe.com | Michael Damiano |Hilary Burns

The fallout from Tuesday’s explosive congressional hearing on campus antisemitism continued to intensify Friday, with one top university president’s future seemingly secure, and another’s apparently much more tenuous.

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Articles

Harvard professors aghast that Claudine Gay resigned without transparent review of plagiarism accusations

Harvard University President Claudine Gay is resigning, source says - The Boston Globe

Professors say they know how to save Harvard. Top leaders are listening.

Professors say they know how to save Harvard. Top leaders are listening.

Critics see ‘double standard’ in Harvard’s handling of plagiarism allegations

Harvard says President Claudine Gay is correcting another piece of her writing

Harvard’s president now faces the school’s most difficult test - The Boston Globe

Key oversight board backs Harvard University leader: ‘We unanimously stand in support of President Gay’ - The Boston Globe

Harvard Corporation to meet as furor over president Claudine Gay’s testimony enters seventh day - The Boston Globe

Fallout from explosive antisemitism hearing stretches into fourth day

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Irene Rotondo

Roberto Scalese

Cailin Loesch

Lauren Young

Christine Willmsen

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