Harvard announced a renewed review into newly public emails tying Jeffrey Epstein to former Harvard president and economist Lawrence Summers. The university said it will evaluate information from the recently released documents to determine any warranted actions involving faculty and affiliates. The review follows congressional disclosures that unleashed scrutiny across several institutions tied to Epstein’s donors and associates. In response to the disclosures, Summers said he would step back from public commitments and resigned from OpenAI’s board. Summers’ withdrawal prompted a cascade of resignations and departures from other external posts, and has renewed pressure on universities to reexamine historical relationships with controversial donors. Harvard’s statement emphasized a review process; legal and governance specialists expect narrow institutional probes focused on conflict‑of‑interest and gift‑acceptance records.