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BBC rushes to defend Harvard’s president Gay

3 January 2024

8:44 PM

3 January 2024

8:44 PM

President Gay, we hardly knew thee. Six months ago, the political scientist was appointed the head of Harvard University to much fanfare: hailed as a trailblazer, Gay was the first black woman to hold such a role. Now, after weeks of damning headlines, she has a new claim to fame: she is the shortest-serving president in four centuries of Harvard history.

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