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Collins, who along with Manav K. Bhatnagar ’06 started the online petition www.harvarddivest.com, said he was spurred to action when he read about the links between the University’s endowment and PetroChina in an October article in The Crimson.
“Many people don’t understand what our money is doing there to begin with, in foreign bonds that are linked to human rights violations,” said Ron Francis, an organizer for Somerville Divestment Project. The group presented a petition with over 1,100...
While Harvard’s divestment petition ultimately failed, professors and students remain split on the issue.
Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology Ken Nakayama, a signer of the 2002 petition, argued that divestment may be more feasible in the public sphere.
Several Jewish professors said they saw their support for the divestment petition as consistent with their religion.