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Epstein files: Yale bars David Gelernter from teaching classes amid review of emails

Published Wed, Feb 11 2026 3:31 PM EST
Updated Wed, Feb 11 2026 4:02 PM EST
Dan Mangan
@_DanMangan

KEY POINTS

• Yale University said it has barred professor David Gelernter from teaching computer science classes, for now, as the university conducts a review of his contact with Jeffrey Epstein, which included mentioning a Yale student for a potential project.
• Gelernter's extensive email correspondence with Epstein came to light after the release of files related to Epstein by the Department of Justice in late January.
• "I have a perfect editoress in mind: Yale sr, worked at Vogue last summer, runs her own campus mag, art major, completely connected, v small goodlooking blonde," Gelernter wrote to Epstein.


Professor David Gelernter sits in his office at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., on Aug. 28, 1997.
Brad Clift | Hartford Courant | AP

Yale University said Wednesday that it has barred professor David Gelernter from teaching computer science classes, for now, as the university conducts a review of his contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, which included mentioning a Yale student for a potential project.

Gelernter's extensive email correspondence with Epstein came to light after the release of files related to Epstein by the Department of Justice in late January.

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Among those files is an October 2011 email to Epstein, in which Gelernter mentions a software project to be built. ... "I have a perfect editoress in mind: Yale sr, worked at Vogue last summer, runs her own campus mag, art major, completely connected, v small goodlooking blonde," Gelernter wrote.

The email was sent three years after Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida state court to soliciting an underage girl for prostitution. Epstein served 13 months in jail in that case. ... The Yale Daily News reported Tuesday that Gelernter had been barred from teaching classes pending a review.

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