Tag: Shapiro, Josh (1973- )

Penn’s Chaos: What Led Up to Liz Magill’s Resignation After Antisemitism Hearings

The dissident trustees of the University of Pennsylvania’s board of trustees had decided to meet in secret over the weekend. They had spent months watching support for Penn’s president erode as pro-Palestinian students demonstrated on campus, donors threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars, and the advisory board of Penn’s influential business school demanded […]

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Pennsylvania Governor and Senator Denounce Antisemitism at Rally

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and other officials in Pennsylvania denounced antisemitism at a rally in Philadelphia on Sunday, a demonstration of support for Jews one day after the resignation of the president of the University of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Magill, who was heavily criticized for not condemning antisemitism forcefully enough. “I have seen Pennsylvanians take […]

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Universities Face Congressional Inquiry and Angry Donors Over Handling of Antisemitism

Harvard, M.I.T. and the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday faced threats from donors, demands that their presidents resign and a congressional investigation as repercussions mounted over the universities’ responses to antisemitism on campus. At Penn, university trustees discussed the future of Elizabeth Magill, its president, whose congressional testimony on Tuesday set off a furor when […]

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College Presidents Under Fire After Dodging Questions About Antisemitism

Support for the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and M.I.T. eroded quickly on Wednesday, after they seemed to evade what seemed like a rather simple question during a contentious congressional hearing: Would they discipline students calling for the genocide of Jews? Their lawyerly replies to that question and others during a four-hour hearing […]

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College Presidents Under Fire After Dodging Questions About Antisemitism

Support for the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and M.I.T. eroded quickly on Wednesday, after they seemed to evade what seemed like a rather simple question during a contentious congressional hearing: Would they discipline students calling for the genocide of Jews? Their lawyerly replies to that question and others during a four-hour hearing […]

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Donors and Alumni Demand That Penn’s President Resign Over Remarks at Hearing

Alumni, students and donors of the University of Pennsylvania called on Wednesday for Elizabeth Magill to resign as president of the school, a day after she testified at a contentious congressional hearing about campus antisemitism and evaded questions about whether students calling for the genocide of Jews violated Penn’s code of conduct. The people raising […]

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Pennsylvania Will Start Automatic Voter Registration

Pennsylvania, a battleground state that could play an outsize role in the 2024 presidential election, will begin to automatically register new voters as part of its driver’s license and state ID approval process, officials said on Tuesday. The program, which was announced by Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, is similar to those offered in 23 […]

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Voters in Pittsburgh Area Will Determine Balance in Pennsylvania House

Why It Matters: The vote will determine a swing state’s power balance. Pennsylvania is a crucial swing state, playing an important role in presidential elections, as well as determining which party holds power in the United States Congress. Whichever party gains an upper hand in the state can make a major difference in Washington, in […]

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