Rhodes Trust official asked Penn counsel to delete 'ugly' emails between them that targeted Mackenzie Fierceton

Penn allegedly used a secret back channel to sabotage a grad student's prestigious Rhodes scholarship

Credit: Alex Williamson for The Chronicle of Higher Education

Editor’s note — On Dec. 21, 2021, Big Trial broke the story of Mackenzie Fierceton, a grad student who sued the University of Pennsylvania after she allegedly was forced to give up a Rhodes Scholarship. In response to questions from readers, I went back into the court files to see what’s new i…