Penn s President Liz Magill Resigns After Her Responses to Antisemitism – The New York Times

The president of the University of Pennsylvania, M. Elizabeth Magill, resigned on Saturday, four days after her testimony at a congressional hearing in which she seemed to evade the question of whether students who called for the genocide of Jews should be disciplined.

The announcement, in an email sent to the Penn community from Scott L. Bok, the chairman of the board of trustees, followed months of intense pressure from Jewish students, alumni and donors, who claimed that she had not taken their concerns about antisemitism on campus seriously.

I write to share that President Liz Magill has voluntarily tendered her resignation as President of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bok wrote.

He included a note from Ms. Magill, who had been Penn s president since 2022.

It has been my privilege to serve as president of this remarkable institution, Ms. Magill wrote. It has been an honor to work with our faculty, students, staff, alumni and community members to advance Penn s vital missions.

Ms. Magill, a lawyer, is expected to remain at Penn as a faculty member in the law school, Mr. Bok said, adding that she will serve as Penn s leader until the university settles on an interim president.

Ms. Magill is the first president to resign in connection with the uproar that has engulfed campuses since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza. She will leave her post as Penn s shortest-tenured permanent president since the school adopted its modern leadership structure in 1930.

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I suggest Amy Wax take her place as President of Penn. Just a thought.