Thomas Jefferson University President Mark Tykocinski resigned after receiving backlash for liking conservative tweets.

University CEO Joseph G. Cacchione notified university students, staff, and faculty of Tykocinski’s resignation in an email sent in late July. The email stated that Tykocinski resigned in order to “to focus on his research and clinical translation efforts,” and that he would return to his position as full-time professor. …

Cacchione condemned Tykocinski in an email to the university community in May, in response to the Inquirer’s initial report. “At his level, he is held to a higher standard and should have known better,” he wrote, via Fox News.

In response to Cacchione’s email, Tykocinski issued a letter of apology to the university.

[You will not be shocked to learn that an abject apology for offending the groupthink at TJU did not suffice. My advice to the next university official that has the temerity to ‘like’ thoughts on Twitter that are not preapproved by campus crybabies is: hire a lawyer and refuse to apologize. — Ed]