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==Massachusetts Institute of Technology disciplining professor with ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein
Updated== Dec 18, 2020; Posted Dec 18, 2020
A physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is facing disciplinary action for not informing MIT that Epstein was a convicted sex offender.
A majority of members on an MIT panel found that Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systemsand Physics Seth Lloyd violated the college’s conflict of interest policy in connection with donations he received from Epstein, according to an email sent out by college Provost Martin A. Schmidt.
The five-member panel consisted of Professor Rohan Abeyaratne, Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu, Institute Professor Penny Chisholm, Materials Science and Engineering Department Head Jeffrey Grossman and Dean of Science Nergis Mavalvala.
Lloyd accepted donations from Epstein, including two $50,000 contributions in 2012intended to support his work, according to a Goodwin Procter a report released earlier this year. Lloyd did not inform MIT that Epstein was the source of the donations, the report stated.
The college commissioned Goodwin Procter to conduct the investigation looking at “interactions between Jeffrey Epstein and the Institute.” MIT’s president, L. Rafael Reif, requested the probe in September 2019.
But the MIT panel said Lloyd didn’t violate MIT policies in accepting a gift from Epstein roughly 15 years ago and the donation in 2017. They also said they don’t believe Lloyd attempted to circumvent the MIT vetting process, nor that he tried to conceal the name of the donor.
“They did conclude, however, that he failed to reveal crucial information about Epstein’s background to anyone at MIT,” Schmidt said.
The MIT panel submitted its findings to a separate committee, which comprised Dean of Engineering Anantha Chandrakasan, Mechanical Engineering Department Head Evelyn Wang, Physics Department Head Peter Fisher, Mechanical Engineering Associate Department Head Pierre Lermusiaux and Faculty Chair Rick Danheiser.
https://www.masslive.com/boston/2020/12/massachusetts-institute-of-technology-disciplining-professor-with-ties-to-disgraced-financier-jeffrey-epstein.html