Columbia Says Richard Axel to Leave Roles Over Epstein Links

Richard Axel is stepping down as co-director of the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University says in a statement on its website.

• Axel called his association with Jeffrey Epstein a “serious error in judgement,” and apologized for “compromising the trust of my friends, students, and colleagues”
  • In light of this past association, and the continued fallout from the release of DOJ files, Axel felt it appropriate to relinquish his position as co-director
• Columbia has seen no evidence that Axel, a Nobel Laureate, violated any university policy or the law
• Axel has also resigned his position as an investigator at ...