Harvard President Claudine Gay to Quit After Months of Controversy, Crimson Says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-02/harvard-s-gay-to-quit-aft... Claudine Gay will step down as president of Harvard University, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure marred by allegations of plagiarism and a campus controversy over antisemitism, according to the Harvard Crimson, which cited a person with knowledge of the decision.