Posted on May 17, 2023
Britain's Oxford University cuts ties with Sackler family over opioid links
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"The decision to strip the family’s name from two galleries, a university library, and three staff positions, follows an investigation by the university’s new vice-chancellor."
Britain's Oxford University cuts ties with Sackler family over opioid links
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..."The family has links to Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin painkiller that has been hit with lawsuits in the US.
A statement on the University of Oxford's website said the outcome of the review "had the full support of the Sackler family and were approved by the University Council" on Monday.
The Sackler Library has been renamed the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library.
The university said donations received from the Sackler family and their trusts will be "retained by the university for their intended educational purposes". It said no new donations have been received from the family or their trusts since January 2019.
However, the Sackler name will still be retained on the Clarendon Arch and on the Ashmolean Museum's donor board for "the purposes of historical recording" of donations.
The US billionaire family was known for many years for making huge charitable donations to galleries and museums around the world.
The University of Oxford faced pressure in recent years to remove the Sackler name from its sites.
The National Portrait Gallery, Tate and the Roundhouse are among the other UK institutions to have cut ties with the Sacklers in recent years,"
..."The family has links to Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin painkiller that has been hit with lawsuits in the US.
A statement on the University of Oxford's website said the outcome of the review "had the full support of the Sackler family and were approved by the University Council" on Monday.
The Sackler Library has been renamed the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library.
The university said donations received from the Sackler family and their trusts will be "retained by the university for their intended educational purposes". It said no new donations have been received from the family or their trusts since January 2019.
However, the Sackler name will still be retained on the Clarendon Arch and on the Ashmolean Museum's donor board for "the purposes of historical recording" of donations.
The US billionaire family was known for many years for making huge charitable donations to galleries and museums around the world.
The University of Oxford faced pressure in recent years to remove the Sackler name from its sites.
The National Portrait Gallery, Tate and the Roundhouse are among the other UK institutions to have cut ties with the Sacklers in recent years,"
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