endowment
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Princeton University was among the last of the Ivy League schools to divest from publicly traded fossil fuel companies in its endowment.
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
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
SpaceX makes up at least a midteens percentage of the endowment of Washington University in St. Louis, said a person familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
According to the linguistic school currently on top, human beings are all born with a genetic endowment for recognizing and formulating language.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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The Federalist Papers, No. 10 by James Madison
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The Glass Menagerie
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