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Stanford Law School evacuated part of its campus Wednesday after the professor leading the effort to recall Judge Aaron Persky received an envelope containing a suspicious white powder and threatening note.

Authorities later determined that the substance was not harmful, although the university remains focused on the threat and is investigating, according to a statement officials released Wednesday afternoon.

The target of the threat is Michele Dauber, chairwoman of the Recall Persky Campaign.

“Today is not the first time I have received a rape threat focused around my effort to defend sexual assault survivors and recall Judge Aaron Persky,” Dauber said in a statement Wednesday. “It is the first time I received a rape threat accompanied with an unknown white powder that is intended to harm or scare me.”

A friend of Dauber's opened the letter Wednesday morning, which appeared to be a greeting card mailed from Boston, according to a report in the Stanford Daily. Both the friend and Dauber touched the unknown powder. Dauber said she washed her hands and continued her teaching.

Officials closed off two rooms in the law school's Neukom Building while a Santa Clara hazardous materials team tested the white substance, the university said. It was deemed to be “an inert powder that poses no health concern.”

The note read, “Since you are going to disrobe Persky, I am going to treat you like 'Emily Doe'. Let's see what kind of sentencing I get for being a rich white male,” according to Dauber.

“Emily Doe” is a reference to the victim in the case of Brock Turner, the former Stanford athlete who was convicted in 2016 of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a fraternity house. Persky, a Santa Clara Superior Court judge, sentenced Turned to six months in jail, a punishment Dauber and the judge's critics contend was far too lenient.

Dauber said Wednesday that the rhetoric surrounding the recall effort is heated.

“Judge Persky's campaign continues to use hate-filled language and continues to actively defend Brock Turner and attack Emily Doe and me personally,” she said. “The verbal attacks have continued to escalate.”

Last month, the Santa Clara officials ordered the Persky recall to be placed on the ballot in June, thus voters will decide whether he remains on the bench. The recall campaign gathered nearly 95,000 signatures to get the recall before voters.

“Threats intended to silence or intimidate members of our community are absolutely unacceptable at Stanford,” said University Provost Persis Drell.