PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania’s President <a href="/topics/liz-magill/">Liz Magill</a> has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over her testimony at a congressional hearing, where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy.

The resignation from <a href="/topics/liz-magill/">Magill</a>, in her second year as president of the Ivy League school, was announced Saturday in a statement on the UPenn website by the board of trustees.

<em>This is a developing story and will be updated.</em>

The University of Pennsylvania’s President Liz Magill has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over her testimony at a congressional hearing.{ai:summary}<p>UPenn President Liz Magill resigns amid donor pressure and criticism for failing to condemn calls for genocide of Jews on campus. #education</p>

UPenn president resigns after answers to Congress about antisemitism on campus draw sharp criticism

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