USA TODAY: Tufts University Removes Sackler Name Over family’s Role in Opioid Epidemic
On Thursday, Tufts University announced the immediate removal of the Sackler name from all buildings and programs at its medical school, with leaders citing the family’s role in the nation’s opioid crisis. The Sackler name will come down from the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, the Center for Medical Education, the Laboratory for the Convergence of Biomedical, Physical and Engineering Sciences and various programs, according to an letter posted on the university’s website from Peter Dolan, Tuft’s chairman of the board of trustees and Anthony Monaco, the university’s president. The letter said: “Our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and others have...
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