- Epstein files: Nobel winner Axel quits Columbia U. brain institute over friendship with predator CNBC
- Statement from Dr. Richard Axel Columbia University
- Leader of Columbia Brain Institute Quits Over Friendship With Epstein – The New York Times The New York Times
- Neuroscientist resigns from Columbia amid revelations about Epstein ties The Guardian
- University Professor and Nobel laureate Richard Axel, CC ’67, to step down as Zuckerman Institute co-director following Epstein ties Columbia Daily Spectator
