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<\/div>Go Crimson!<\/h2>
The latest twist in the saga of financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged with of sex trafficking before dying by suicide in jail: Harvard University accepted about $8.9 million from him — but refused to accept more donations after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for underage prostitution. Most of the Epstein money is gone now, according to CBS News<\/em><\/a>, but Harvard plans to donate the remaining $186,000 or so to organizations that support sexual assault and human trafficking victims — a move that stands in stark contrast to MIT, which continued to solicit and hide funding<\/a> from Epstein after his pattern of sex abuse was widely known.<\/p> In a letter to the Harvard Community<\/a>, university President Lawrence Bacow explained how Epstein’s last gift to the university came in 2007, before his 2008 conviction.<\/p> After that, Bacow says the university turned Epstein down when he tried to donate more, perhaps in an attempt to differentiate Harvard from MIT and moneyed folks — including Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos<\/a> — who maintained ties with the sex criminal.<\/p> To prevent future scandals, Bacow said he plans to launch a new group to more closely scrutinize would-be donors.<\/p> “Epstein’s behavior, not just at Harvard, but elsewhere, raises significant questions about how institutions like ours review and vet donors,” Bacow wrote in the letter. “I will be convening a group here at Harvard to review how we prevent these situations in the future.”<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Jeffrey Epstein gave nearly $9 million to Harvard<\/a> [CBS News<\/em>]<\/p> More on Epstein: <\/strong>Sex Trafficker Jeffrey Epstein Obsessed With Eugenics, Cryogenics<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Unlike MIT, Harvard Cut Off Epstein Donations After Conviction<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Excerpt from: Go Crimson! The latest twist in the saga of financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged with of sex trafficking before dying by suicide in jail: Harvard University accepted about $8.9 million from him \u2014 but refused to accept more donations after Epstein\u2019s 2008 conviction for underage prostitution. Most of the Epstein money is gone now, according to CBS News , but Harvard plans to donate the remaining $186,000 or so to organizations that support sexual assault and human trafficking victims \u2014 a move that stands in stark contrast to MIT, which continued to solicit and hide funding from Epstein after his pattern of sex abuse was widely known Continue reading
<\/strong><\/p>Damage Control<\/h2>
Second Look<\/h2>
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