Harvard president resigns amid antisemitism and plagiarism claims

Harvard University president Claudine Gay has resigned (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Harvard University president Claudine Gay resigned on Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the university’s conduct policy.

Ms Gay is the second Ivy League president to resign in the past month following the congressional testimony.