The college decided against student and faculty proposals to divest its endowment from companies supplying military equipment used by Israel in the current campaign in Gaza.
The college is prioritizing making consistent private equity commitments over time so the asset class comprises roughly one-third of its endowment.
The university concluded its search for a director of investments by hiring an associate director from a nearby foundation.
The organization is searching for a head of strategic investment initiatives to serve as the cross-functional leader between its investments, operations and administration teams.
The fund has added three investment analysts and a finance and operations analyst to assist in the oversight and management of its portfolio.
The university has postponed its consideration of divesting its endowment from companies and industries that are implicated in military and police violence in Gaza and the West Bank.
The university’s biomedical engineering institute is seeking a managing director of research investments to serve as the sole general partner to manage the institute as a venture fund.
The fund has hired an asset allocation consultant and expects to adopt its asset allocation and investment policy statement during its December board meeting.
The fund will interview three finalists at a board meeting this month after narrowing its international equity manager search from 15 total proposals.
The firm hired a v.p. for private equity research last month from an East Coast foundation where they served as a senior investment analyst.