Local News Claudine Gay turmoil forces Harvard’s secretive ‘Corporation’ into spotlight Harvard’s powerful board has backed its president and said little else, yet a member privately said “generational change” may be needed. Harvard President Claudine Gay. Haiyun Jiang/Bloomberg On Tuesday, the day before Harvard acknowledged more problems with its president’s scholarly work, two members of its governing body sat in a private dining room at Bar Enza, a popular Cambridge restaurant, and faced a grilling. It was an exceedingly rare opportunity for a small group of prominent academics to speak directly to members of the reclusive board in charge of...