The head of MIT’s Media Lab has resigned following revelations about the academic centre’s financial ties to the late US financier Jeffrey Epstein.
MIT President Rafael Reif confirmed the resignation of Joichi Ito on Saturday following media reports.
Mr Reif added that university was engaging a law firm to conduct an independent review.
It comes a day after a New Yorker article outlined donations Epstein made and solicited for MIT.
The article also alleged that MIT staff sought to conceal the university’s relationship with Epstein ... Read even more
