Harvard launched an internal inquiry into students who recorded former university president Larry Summers discussing Jeffrey Epstein during class, with potential discipline for those who captured and distributed the material. The probe raises questions about classroom recording, privacy, and academic conduct at elite institutions. Separately, University of Maryland, College Park concluded a yearlong external investigation and cleared President Darryll Pines of plagiarism allegations after multiple rounds of review found attribution errors but no scholarly misconduct. The contrasting outcomes highlight how universities are balancing investigative transparency, reputational risk and due process in high‑stakes faculty and leadership cases.