›An Ohio State University assistant professor who is part of a center focused on promoting intellectual diversity has been placed on administrative leave after physically intervening when a documentarian tried to ask additional questions of a former university president following an interview. The detailsThe altercation occurred when filmmaker Mike Newman tried to ask former Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee additional questions after another journalist had interviewed him. The players Luke M. Perez An assistant professor who is part of Ohio State University's Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture and Society, which was created by state legislators to promote intellectual diversity on campus. E. Gordon Gee A former president of Ohio State University who was being interviewed about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein when the altercation occurred. Ben Johnson A spokesman for Ohio State University.

Source: New York Times February 13, 2026 08:15 UTC