The Harvard Library announced this week it had removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century French philosophy book after a review uncovered multiple ethical concerns about the skin’s ...

“After careful study, stakeholder engagement, and consideration, Harvard Library and the Harvard Museum Collections Returns Committee concluded that the human remains used in the book’s ...

But in late March, because of the book’s “ethically fraught nature,” university officials announced they had removed the binding and placed it in storage as they determine their next steps.