endowment
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Princo, as the endowment manager is known, still won’t invest in companies involved in thermal coal and tar sands, as directed by the university’s Board of Trustees.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Declining endowment returns, in addition to financial pressures caused by higher endowment taxes and cuts in federal funding, may have contributed to this decision.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
“It is a shortsighted approach to asset management that invites long-term risk—a strategic failure that will ultimately be paid for by future generations of students and the long-term health of the endowment itself.”
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Like UNC Management Co., the endowment for the UNC system, a key factor was its early investment in Founders Fund, which began investing in SpaceX in 2008.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Soon afterward, Kenneth M. Olsen and Barbara A. Schaal of Washington University in St. Louis demonstrated that domesticated manioc’s genetic endowment was derived from flabelli-folia, suggesting the latter was ancestral to it.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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The Federalist Papers, No. 10 by James Madison
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The Glass Menagerie
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