Yale Suspends Professor Over Epstein Student Emails

Yale University has suspended a prominent computer science professor from teaching duties pending a review of his conduct, following the release of documents revealing emails he sent to Jeffrey Epstein in which he described a female undergraduate student as a "goodlooking blonde" while recommending her for a job.

The emails, part of a larger set of Epstein-related documents made public by the U.S. Justice Department in late January, show correspondence between David Gelernter and the financier on topics including business and art. In an October 2011 message, sent several years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, Gelernter suggested a Yale senior for an editorial position at Epstein's private bank. He wrote that he had "an editoress in mind... a v small goodlooking blonde."

Students in Gelernter's computer science class were notified on Tuesday that he would not be teaching, according to university officials. In a statement, Yale said, "The university does not condone the action taken by the professor or his described manner of providing recommendations for his students. The professor's conduct is under review. Until the review is...