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Saturday, December 9, 2023
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Saturday, December 9, 2023
Penn university head Liz Magill quits, days after dithering on calls for Jewish genocide
University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill reads her opening statement during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill resigns, days after drawing outrage by insisting that calls for genocide of Jews don’t necessarily go against the US university’s code of conduct, and after her subsequent clarification was widely panned as insufficient.
The chair of Penn’s Board of Trustees says, in a letter that has quickly circulated online, that Magill has “voluntarily tendered her resignation” but will remain a tenured faculty member at the law school.
And Liz Magill has resigned as president of Penn. pic.twitter.com/X12j9jLaAe
— Damon Linker (@DamonLinker) December 9, 2023
