


University of Pennsylvania president Elizabeth Magill resigned from her position days after she downplayed the rise of antisemitism on her campus while testifying before the House.
Scott Bok, chairman of the university’s board of trustees, shared a letter with the UPenn community Saturday afternoon, announcing that Magill voluntarily handed in her resignation. She will retain her position as a tenured faculty member at Penn Carey Law.
“It has been my privilege to serve as President of this remarkable institution,” Magill said. “It has been an honor to work with our faculty, students, staff, alumni, and community members to advance Penn’s vital missions.”
Following the announcement, Bok also tendered his immediate resignation.
“Today, following the resignation of the University of Pennsylvania’s President and related Board of Trustee meetings, I submitted my resignation as Chair of the University’s Board of Trustees, effective immediately,” Bok said in a statement. “While I was asked to remain in that role for the remainder of my term in order to help with the presidential transition, I concluded that, for me, now was the right time to depart.”
Harvard University president Claudine Gay and Massachusetts Institute of Technology president Sally Kornbluth, the other two witnesses who testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee on Tuesday, have also been met with strong criticism for the way they answered questions about antisemitism on their campuses.