Harvard President Claudine Gay is resigning Tuesday after just six months in office, making hers the shortest presidency in the university’s 388-year history, according to The Harvard Crimson.

The student newspaper reported that Ms. Gay, who assumed the top job in July, is stepping down after being dogged by rising campus antisemitism and allegations that she committed more than 40 instances of plagiarism in her scholarly writings.

Ms. Gay, a political scientist, was named the 40th president of Harvard on July 1 after serving five years as the dean of the arts and sciences faculty.

She became the first Black and second female president of Harvard.

Calls for her resignation soared after a Dec. 5 House committee hearing at which she and two other university presidents said that whether demands for “genocide for Jews” would violate their conduct codes would depend on the context.

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned days later, along with Penn Board of Trustees Chairman Scott Bok. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has stood behind Sally Kornbluth, the third president to testify before the committee.

The Washington Times reached out to Harvard for comment.

• Valerie Richardson can be reached at vrichardson@washingtontimes.com.