Claudine Gay will resign as Harvard president

Claudine Gay will resign as president of Harvard University, the Ivy League school announced today.

She has repeatedly faced plagiarism accusations, including a fresh complaint filed just yesterday. Gay appeared to blame the criticism at least partially on “racial animus” toward her as a black woman.

“My deep sense of connection to Harvard and its people has made it all the more painful to witness the tensions and divisions that have riven our community in recent months, weakening the bonds of trust and reciprocity that should be our sources of strength and support in times of crisis,” she wrote in a statement on Tuesday.

“Amidst all of this, it has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor—two bedrock values that are fundamental to who I am—and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus,” she wrote.