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University of Pennsylvania’s President Liz Magill resigned on Saturday, following pressure from donors, politicians, and the White House.

The Details: Board of Trustees chair Scott L. Bok, who announced her resignation, resigned minutes later. Magill will remain a tenured faculty member at the university’s Carey Law School.

For Context: Magill testified before Congress on Tuesday alongside the presidents of Harvard and MIT. She was repeatedly questioned by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who asked her if calling for the genocide of Jews violated Penn’s code of conduct. Magill said it was a “context-dependent decision,” drawing backlash. She later walked back her statements in a video. On Thursday, a major university donor pulled $100 million in response, and the Wharton School’s board requested Magill resign.

Key Quotes: Bok said, “(Magill) is not the slightest bit antisemitic,” and was “worn down by months of relentless external attacks.” He added, “She was not herself last Tuesday. Overprepared and over-lawyered given the hostile forum and high stakes, she provided a legalistic answer to a moral question, and that was wrong.” Stefanik wrote on X, “One down. Two to go. This is only the very beginning of addressing the pervasive rot of antisemitism that has destroyed the most ‘prestigious’ higher education institutions in America.”

How The Media Covered It: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Lean Left bias) included context on the university’s internal politics and Magill’s tenure. It also included a few student perspectives, one of which questioned the university’s leadership and called Magill “so pro-Israel.”

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University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill – under increasing pressure from both donors and the White House after her disastrous testimony before Congress this week on the school’s failure to protect Jewish students – and Scott L. Bok, chairman of its board of trustees, “voluntarily” resigned their posts Saturday in a massive Ivy League shakeup, the school announced.

“I write to share that President Liz Magill has voluntarily tendered her resignation as President of the University of Pennsylvania,” Bok wrote in a surprise “University Notification” sent to staffers Saturday.

Elizabeth Magill has resigned as president of the University of Pennsylvania, days after her testimony at a Congressional hearing on campus antisemitism drew a widespread rebuke and focused international attention on the failings of America’s most elite universities. Magill offered her resignation on Saturday, a day before the university’s board was to convene for an emergency meeting to discuss her position. She will remain a faculty member at Penn Carey Law, the university’s law school, and continue as interim president until a replacement is announced.

University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill has resigned amid growing bipartisan backlash against her congressional committee testimony on antisemitism earlier this week and a semester marked by near-weekly protests, complaints by deep-pocketed donors, and widespread accusations of mismanagement since a controversial literary festival was held on campus earlier in the fall.

And minutes later, Scott L. Bok, chair of the board of trustees, announced that he was stepping down, too.