Yale to Review Puerto Rico Ties, Fossil Fuel Bets After Protests
- Endowment will produce position papers, according to report
- CIO Swensen criticized student paper’s endowment coverage
Vanderbilt Hall stands on the Yale University campus.
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Yale University’s endowment is listening to student activists.
The $27.2 billion fund is looking at four issues that students have criticized -- fossil fuels, private prisons, Puerto Rico’s bonds and a New Hampshire power line. The controversies spilled over into a spat between David Swensen, the fund’s chief investment officer, and the student newspaper, Yale Daily News, over coverage of investments.