The University of Pennsylvania’s board of trustees has named Dr. J. Larry Jameson, the dean of Penn’s medical school, as the institution’s new interim president following the resignation of Liz Magill over the weekend. Magill, who began her tenure as president of the influential Ivy League institution in July 2022, stepped down from her position Saturday afternoon following days of backlash over comments she made during a recent congressional hearing on the handling of reported on-campus antisemitism in the wake of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Critics say Magill — as well as the presidents of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute...