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Harvard declines to remove Sackler name from museum and campus building

Harvard declines to remove Sackler name from museum and campus building


Harvard declines to remove Sackler name from museum and campus building
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Harvard University has decided that it will not remove the name of the Sackler family from two of its buildings, despite years of protests from families of opioid overdose victims and anti-opioid groups.

In its recent denaming proposal update, a Harvard review committee rebuffed a 23-page proposal filed in October 2022 by Harvard College Overdose Prevention and Education Students to dename the Arthur M Sackler Museum, part of the Harvard Art Museums, and the Arthur M Sackler Building, a campus building.

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