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Bard College Chief Leon Botstein Steps Down After Probe Finds He Made 25 Visits to Epstein Townhouse

Bard College president Leon Botstein resigned after an investigation revealed his frequent visits to Jeffrey Epstein's townhouse, raising reputational risks for the institution.

International Business Times UK

Bard College's president to retire after scrutiny of relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

The longtime president of Bard College in New York has announced his retirement, months after it was revealed that he had a much deeper relationship than was previously known with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein

The Independent UK

Bard president Leon Botstein stepping down after inquiry into his Epstein ties

Investigation found Botstein – who had claimed he wasn’t friends with Epstein – made 25 visits to his townhouse

The Guardian - US

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Bard College president tells staff he will soon be cleared in inquiry over Epstein ties

WilmerHale, the law firm examining Leon Botstein’s communications with Jeffrey Epstein, said review is ‘ongoing’

The Guardian - US

Epstein victim says Bard president helped legitimize sex offender

Leon Botstein’s communications and relationship with Epstein under review by WilmerHale law firm, while Bard president says he never witnessed anything inappropriate

The Guardian - US

Jeffrey Epstein’s elite relationships visualised: the banker, the economist and the director

Day 2 of our Guardian analysis of more than a million Epstein emails exposes the child sex offender’s deep relationships with more high-profile figures

The Guardian - UK

Bard faculty call for ‘transition’ plan for college president linked to Epstein

Faculty members stop short of calling for Leon Botstein to resign in wake of revelations about ties with sex offender

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What the Jeffrey Epstein files reveal about how elites trade toxic gifts and favours

Following horrifying revelations about Jeffrey Epstein’s systematic sexual assaults and trafficking of underage girls, the United States Department of Justice has been forced to publicly release millions of the late sex offender’s emails and texts.

The Conversation

Epstein files cast pall among US faculty and students: ‘I just feel a deep disappointment’

Ties to the disgraced financier run deep through the academic world, documents released by the DoJ show

The Guardian - US

Bard hires top law firm to investigate links between college president and Epstein

WilmerHale to conduct review following new revelations about Leon Botstein’s dealings with convicted sex offender

The Guardian - US

Epstein chaos hits academia as documents reveal secrets of professors and donors from top universities

Epstein had a massive reach as a donor and a fundraiser.

We Got This Covered

Professors in the Epstein files say they hoped friendship would lead to research funding

A new trove of documents released by the Justice Department reveals that Epstein’s reach into academia was wider than previously known

The Independent UK

Meyerbeer's 'Le Prophète' from 1849 sounds like it's ripped-from-the-headlines at Bard SummerScape

A demagogue and religious fanatics impose a theocracy

The Independent UK

Israeli diplomat pressured US college to drop course on ‘apartheid’ debate

Consul Yuval Donio-Gideon objected to course at Bard College but president says institution ‘stood up for academic freedom’

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The Guardian - US

Noam Chomsky and Bard College president had financial dealings with Jeffrey Epstein

The MIT linguist says the late sex offender helped on a ‘technical matter’ related to his and his late wife’s finances

Zenger

New Documents Spills Ehuk Barak’s Association With Jeffrey Epstein Including Other Notable Names

It was documented that Barak was a regular guest at Epstein's house that included Noam Chomsky over Palestine policies.

The Independent UK

CIA chief and ex-White House counsel among figures who met Epstein after his conviction, report says

Documents seen by The Wall Street Journal indicate disgraced financier met with leading figures even after his conviction and jail term

Zenger

Jewish Composer Hugo Kauder Remembered At Carnegie Hall

Kauder, born in Austria-Hungary in 1888, lived after 1940 in New York City. He died in 1972.

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