Harvard University President Claudine Gay announced her resignation just six months into her presidency amid a firestorm of controversy over plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing. Gay’s resignation comes amid a period of extreme turmoil at one of the most prestigious universities and marks the end of the presidency of the first Black president and second woman in Harvard’s 400-year history. She said in her resignation letter that she’d been subjected to personal threats and “racial animus.” The Harvard President is the second Ivy League head to resign in the past month following the congressional testimony...