The university has adopted a socially responsible investing policy that requires the institution to consider environmental sustainability and social justice factors in its investment decision-making.
The university is barring investment decisions that are based primarily on environmental or social factors in light of a new state law, while its outsourced cio looks to increase private real estate allocations.
The university has voted down two proposals asking to divest its endowment from entities related to the war, humanitarian crises and human rights violations in Israel and will not consider further petitions.
The university decided against a proposal to halt financial ties to entities associates with Israel as it did not meet three main criteria, including consensus within the university community on how to respond to the issue.