Claudine Gay resigns: a timeline of Harvard’s shortest presidential tenure

Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid multiple controversies, setting a record for the shortest-lived presidency at the storied university.  

She was appointed back in July and saw only a brief period of peace before October brought multiple controversies that eventually cost her the job, including accusations of plagiarism and the fallout from a disastrous House hearing on campus antisemitism. 

“It is with a heavy heart but a deep love for Harvard that I write to share that I will be stepping down as president,” Gay said in the...