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UPenn Hires University of Virginia Provost to Be New President

UPenn Hires University of Virginia Provost to Be New President

The University of Pennsylvania nominated M. Elizabeth Magill, University of Virginia’s provost and a former dean of Stanford’s law school, as its new president.

Magill, 56, a scholar of constitutional law, begins July 1, following a board of trustees vote in March, the Ivy League school said Thursday in a statement.  

UPenn Hires University of Virginia Provost to Be New President

She succeeds Amy Gutmann, who has led the Philadelphia-based school since 2004 and has been nominated by President Joe Biden as the first female U.S. ambassador to Germany.

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