Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein visited Harvard University dozens of times after his conviction - and was even given his own office.
Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, was found guilty of procuring an underage girl for prostitution in 2008, after which most of the university's leadership ended relations with him.
But the disgraced financier kept close ties with Martin Nowak, the director of Harvard's evolutionary dynamics programme, according to a review launched by the university's president.
Epstein, who helped fund the programme's launch, was given a key to its building - against university rules - and frequently visited Office 610, which was known as "Jeffrey's Office", the review found.
He also talked with people working with the programme about their studies.
Epstein gave more than $9 million to Harvard from 1998-2007 and some university staff "pursued" donations from him - although the university did not accept any more gifts after 2008.
The largest donation came in 2003, when Epstein gave around $6.5 million to help set up the evolutionary dynamics programme, according to a letter by Diane E. Lopez, Harvard general counsel, attached to the review.
Harvard had around $200,000 remaining of Epstein's donations, which the university says will be given to sexual abuse charities.
Mr Nowak has been suspended while the university reviews allegations of misconduct.
Claudine Gay, dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said: “We do not take this step lightly, but the seriousness of the matter leads us to believe it is not appropriate for Professor Nowak to continue in his role.”
Epstein killed himself in prison last August after being convicted of sex trafficking. He pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing girls as young as 14 and young women in the early 2000s.
Epstein had links to several high-profile figures, including Prince Andrew, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, although all had distanced themselves from him by the time of his death.
