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While Harvard seems to be moving to halt construction in Allston, Columbia officially kicked off construction for their new 17-acre campus in Manhattanville yesterday. Of course, their endowment fell only 16 percent this past year, so they may have a bit more wiggle-room—both in terms of spending and building space...
While Harvard seems to be moving to halt construction in Allston, Columbia officially kicked off construction for their new 17-acre campus in Manhattanville yesterday. Of course, their endowment fell only 16 percent this past year, so they may have a bit more wiggle-room—both in terms of spending and building space...
...Yesterday, Tercentenary Theater welcomed a visitor it had not seen in over 200 years—a cow. The bovine guest was the charge of Harvey G. Cox Jr., Hollis Research Professor of Divinity, who brought her as part of an afternoon-long celebration of his retirement. In doing so, he revived a practice not observed since Edward Wigglesworth—the first to hold the Hollis professorship in 1722—and his son, who succeeded him, first brought their livestock out to graze. Cox retired this past June after 44 years at the Harvard Divinity School, where...
Harvard received $602 million in gifts this past fiscal year—an 8 percent decline from last year’s total, University officials announced yesterday...
Yale’s endowment fell $1 billion more than expected to $16 billion in the fiscal year ending June 30, marking a 30 percent decline in value, Yale University President Richard C. Levin announced yesterday. In an e-mail to faculty, staff, and alumni, Levin wrote that previous projections of a 25 percent endowment drop had not accounted for the continued slide in private equity and real estate holdings even after stock markets began to rebound this spring. The unexpected additional fall in the endowment will lead to a 6.7 percent decrease in endowment payout this year and another...