UPenn Alerts FBI After Jewish Staff Members Received ‘Disturbing’ Emails Threatening Violence

The university police have increased their presence throughout the Philadelphia campus.
UPenn Alerts FBI After Jewish Staff Members Received ‘Disturbing’ Emails Threatening Violence
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Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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The University of Pennsylvania called the FBI and conducted safety sweeps at campus facilities after several staff members received “vile, disturbing” anti-Semitic emails threatening violence.

In a letter sent on Monday afternoon, UPenn president Liz Magill told the campus community that the university is working with the FBI to investigate the threatening emails, which included “hateful language” targeting “the personal identities of the recipients.”