UPenn Faces Reckoning Over Response to Anti-Semitism

Published on December 8, 2023

Turmoil at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) was heightened this week as a top donor walked away, and calls to oust President Elizabeth Magill intensified. But it is not new. High-profile contributors have been walking away for months, leaving a trail of letters outlining, as one letter said, a “broken moral compass.” In a Dec. 7 letter to UPenn, sent through attorneys, donor Ross Stevens announced he was withdrawing his gift of the Stone Ridge Units, valued at approximately $100 million, which had been slated to fund the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance. The Founder and CEO of Stone Ridge Asset Management said his company follows anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies...

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