Penn President, Board Chair Resign After Furor Over Comments on Campus Antisemitismthedigitalchaps

The president of the University of Pennsylvania and the chairman of its board of trustees resigned Saturday, capping a tumultuous week at the Ivy League school stemming from statements the president made about antisemitism at a congressional hearing Tuesday.

President Liz Magill will stay on until an interim president is appointed, and afterward will remain a member of the law school faculty, according to a letter sent from board chairman Scott L. Bok Saturday afternoon.