Epstein Secrets

Joichi Ito, acknowledged raising $1.7 million from Mr. Epstein for the lab and his own outside investment funds. The disclosure created an uproar at the Media Lab, a program that prides itself on its contrarian culture. Mr. Ito, a master networker who had raised at least $50 million for the Media Lab, resigne

. The university did not announce any disciplinary action for the administrators. "We must fix what needs fixing and improve what needs improving," L. Rafael Reif, M.I.T.'s president, said in a statement. Mr. Reif acknowledged last year that he had signed a letter thanking Mr. Epstein for a donation in 2012, f

diately respond to a request for comment. The report found that three current and former M.I.T. administrators learned of Mr. Epstein's donations to the Media Lab in 2013, but "in the absence of any M.I.T. policy regarding controversial gifts," other donations were approved under "an informal framework" that t

y. The university did not announce any disciplinary action for the administrators. "We must fix what needs fixing and improve what needs improving," L. Rafael Reif, M.I.T.'s president, said in a statement. Mr. Reif acknowledged last year that he had signed a letter thanking Mr. Epstein for a donation in 2012,

logized to Epstein's victims in a message to campus. The school accepted about $800,000 of Epstein's money over 20 years, Reif wrote, with gifts to the MIT Media Lab and to a mechanical engineering professor. ... The largest gift to Harvard University from Epstein was $6.5 million in 2003, for the Program for Ev

credibility to a convicted sex offender. Susan Svrluga reports: "Epstein gave repeatedly to MIT and Harvard University. On Saturday, MIT President L. Rafael Reif responded to allegations in the New Yorker that Joi Ito, director of the Media Lab, and others sought to conceal the source of money Epstein had do

ogized to Epstein's victims in a message to campus. The school accepted about $800,000 of Epstein's money over 20 years, Reif wrote, with gifts to the MIT Media Lab and to a mechanical engineering professor. ... The largest gift to Harvard University from Epstein was $6.5 million in 2003, for the Program for Ev

credibility to a convicted sex offender. Susan Svrluga reports: "Epstein gave repeatedly to MIT and Harvard University. On Saturday, MIT President L. Rafael Reif responded to allegations in the New Yorker that Joi Ito, director of the Media Lab, and others sought to conceal the source of money Epstein had do