by Jon Lackman | 17 April 2006 | Ancient
The Chronicle also reports additional details surrounding the recent $200 million Leon Levy Foundation gift to NYU to create an institute for the study of antiquity: “The controversy, first reported in Science magazine, extends beyond NYU. The University of Cincinnati and Bryn Mawr College now have policies against accepting gifts from the Leon Levy Foundation because of the accusations surrounding its collection. A committee of faculty members at NYU was consulted by the university before the donation was accepted. The group of seven professors, from NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, said it had a ‘strong wish’ to accept the proposed donation in order to pay for the new institute.” More here.
