Harvard suspends professor in Epstein scandal just hours after one of its most famous academics stepped down for honeymooning on ‘Pedo Island’
A Harvard mathematics professor was placed on administrative leave after his Epstein ties were exposed just hours after former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers resigned from teaching at the college due to his own links.
Martin Nowak, 60, was suspended following an investigation into his relationship with Epstein, according to a letter to the professor obtained by the Harvard Crimson.
The decision comes after prominent economist Summers stepped away from the Ivy university amid reports about his honeymoon trip to Epstein’s island, commonly known as ‘Pedo Island’.
Harvard Magazine obtained a letter to students and faculty noting that Nowak will have reduced access to undergraduate and postdoctoral students for at least two years and will be banned from beginning research projects.
Additionally, the university is shutting down the professor’s Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, which Epstein once donated $6.5million in cash, according to the outlet.
The enormous donation was the largest of the $9.1million in total gifts Epstein donated to the University during that period, according to the magazine.
Nowak’s relationship with Epstein was uncovered in a 2020 report which detailed alleged ties with the sex offender for over a decade, beginning in 1998.
Martin Nowak, 60, was suspended following an investigation into his relationship with Epstein. He is barrred from beginning new research, had his Program for Evolutionary Dynamics shutdown, and will have reduced access to the university
Nowak allegedly kept ties with Epstein for over a decade beginning in 1998. Epstein was convicted in 2008 procuring a child for prostitution and later died in 2019
Epstein once donated $6.5million in cash to Nowaks’ Program for Evolutionary Dynamics. The enormous donation was the largest of the $9.1million in total gifts Epstein donated to the University during that period, according to the Harvard Magazine
The report also discovered that Epstein had a key card with unlimited access to Harvard’s Program for Evolutionary Dynamics even after his 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
In 2021, the university deemed that Nowak violated the school’s code of conduct and closed his program until those sanctions were lifted in 2023, according to The Crimson.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Nowak for comment.
The fallout comes as scrutiny has grown around former Harvard president Summers and his relationship with Epstein.
Summers, who maintained a personal friendship with the disgraced financier, will give up his title of University Professor, the highest academic title at Harvard.
The university stated that he will resign from his teaching roles at the end of this academic year.
Economist Larry Summers stepped away from the Ivy League university amid reports about his honeymoon trip to Epstein’s island
Summers spent part of his honeymoon in December 2005 visiting Epstein’s Little Saint James island
Summers and Epstein were pictured with former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates
Summers has been on leave since November 2025 and will step away as Harvard investigates the documents related to Epstein which were released by the Department of Justice in January.
Summers and his wife, Lisa New, visited Epstein’s island in December 2005, ten days after their wedding.
According to flight logs, the honeymoon occurred while Summers was still serving as Harvard’s president.
A spokesperson for Summers previously said: ‘Mr. Summers and Ms. New spent their honeymoon in St. John and Jamaica in December 2005, which was long before Mr. Epstein was arrested for the first time.’
Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Harvard for comment.
