J. Larry Jameson Appointed Interim President of UPenn Following Liz Magill's Resignation

Jameson steps in amid controversy over former president's handling of campus antisemitism, as a formal investigation into Penn's leadership is announced.

J. Larry Jameson, the dean of Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine and executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, has been appointed as the interim president of the University of Pennsylvania.
Jameson's appointment comes after the resignation of former Penn president Liz Magill and board chair Scott L. Bok, following widespread criticism over Magill's congressional testimony on campus antisemitism.
Magill's testimony was criticized for her failure to firmly state that calls for genocide would be out of bounds, instead suggesting it was a 'context-dependent decision'.
Jameson, a molecular endocrinologist, has been with Penn since 2011 and is described as a 'consummate University citizen'.
The Committee on Education and the Workforce has announced a formal investigation into MIT, Harvard, and Penn, citing 'deep concerns with their leadership and their failure to take steps to provide Jewish students the safe learning environment they are due under law.'

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