endowment
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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
Princeton University’s endowment manager, Princo, reversed its voluntary pledge to divest from publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
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
Stanford has a sizable position in SpaceX as well, according to people familiar with the endowment; one person said it falls well short of 10%.
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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