Penn’s Liz Magill was the first Ivy League president felled by the turmoil over campus antisemitism. But the cracks in its foundation are far deeper.
Jon Lovette/Getty Images(NEW YORK) University of Pennsylvania president Elizabeth Magill has voluntarily resigned, the school s board of trustees said on Saturday, following backlash over her response during a congressional hearing when asked how she said she would handle remarks in the university community calling for the "genocide of Jews."
"It has been my privilege to serve as President of this remarkable institution," Magill said in a statement shared by the university. "It has been an honor to work with our faculty, students, staff, alumni, and community members to advance Penn s vital missions."
Magill will remain a tenured faculty member at Penn Carey Law, the board of trustees said.
"On behalf of the entire Penn community, I want to thank President Magill for her service to the University as President and wish her well," Scott Bok, chair of the university s board of trustees, said in a letter to the school community on Saturday annou
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Jon Lovette/Getty Images(NEW YORK) University of Pennsylvania president Elizabeth Magill has voluntarily resigned, the school s board of trustees said on Saturday, following backlash over her response during a congressional hearing when asked how she said she would handle remarks in the university community calling for the "genocide of Jews."
"It has been my privilege to serve as President of this remarkable institution," Magill said in a statement shared by the university. "It has been an honor to work with our faculty, students, staff, alumni, and community members to advance Penn s vital missions."
Magill will remain a tenured faculty member at Penn Carey Law, the board of trustees said.
"On behalf of the entire Penn community, I want to thank President Magill for her service to the University as President and wish her well," Scott Bok, chair of the university s board of trustees, said in a letter to the school community on Saturday annou