Yesterday the MIT Corporation announced that it will divest from Sudan.

MIT's cautious statement acknowledged that the U.S. and United Nations "have declared that certain acts there amount to genocide" and cited "the risk of MIT being associated with truly abhorrent acts" as a motivator for divestment "as appopriate".

I've blogged before about MIT's well-endowed endowment, and previous calls for divestment from Sudanese interests. There's no way of knowing the magnitude of MIT's commitment, as the Corporation doesn't discuss its investments as a matter of policy.

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