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Utah colleges react to ‘destruction’ of Israel-Hamas war, while Gov. Huntsman cuts donations to Penn

Two Utah universities have issued a public statement as violence has escalated in the Middle East; others have responded internally.

(Hannah Yoon | The New York Times) Huntsman Hall at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, whose family is among Penn's biggest donors, told the school on Oct. 14, 2023, that his family's foundation would be stopping donations, over what he saw as Penn's slow response to the Hamas attacks in Israel.