The director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab stepp...
FILE PHOTO: Joichi Ito, Director of the Media Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich/File Photo
“This afternoon, Joi Ito submitted his resignation as Director of the Media Lab and as a professor and employee of the Institute,” MIT President Rafael Reif said in a letter posted online. Last month, Reif said that the elite university would review its process for accepting donations after taking about $800,000 from foundations controlled by Epstein, who committed suicide while in jail awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
On Saturday, Reif described the acceptance of contributions from Epstein as a “mistake of judgment” and said he had instructed MIT’s general counsel to bring in a prominent law firm to investigate the matter.
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