Nobel laureate Richard Axel resigns from Columbia University over his ties with Jeffrey Epstein
Richard Axel, a professor at the neuroscience institute of Columbia University, on Tuesday stepped down from his role as the co-director of the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute after his long-standing friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became public. What Richard Axel said “My past association with Jeffrey Epstein was a serious error in…