Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can distort research

Re:Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can ... by s1artibartfast on Monday August 24, 2020 @11:31PM (#24267914)

My reading is that Epstein had an office when he was a student, before being conviction, but not after. After conviction he visited others in their offices.

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Re:Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can ... by xdavidliu on Monday August 24, 2020 @11:35PM (#24267934)

Epstein was never a student at any point at Harvard

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Re:Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can ... by s1artibartfast on Monday August 24, 2020 @11:57PM (#24268026)

He bought his way into the role, but my understanding is that he was.

From the Harvard Report:

As to Epstein’s appointment as a Visiting Fellow, the initial appointment occurred in 2005, before Epstein’s arrest. The Visiting Fellow designation is now, as it was in 2005, granted to an independent researcher registered with Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences as a graduate research student.

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Nevertheless, he applied to be re-admitted for a second year, the 2006-2007 academic year, and was again admitted, but he withdrew from that appointment following his arrest and before the new academic year began.

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Re:Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can ... by xdavidliu on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:34AM (#24268139)

I'm pretty sure "visiting fellow" is not the same thing as "student"

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Re:Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can ... by s1artibartfast on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @02:07AM (#24268501)

>graduate research student

Please read the entire comment

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Re:Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can ... by selimthegrim on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:05AM (#24268781)

Epstein was briefly a grad student at NYU's Courant Institute under Boris Kupershmidt

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