ABOVE: ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ-CISNEROS, TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Tufts University is stripping the Sackler name from its school of graduate biomedical sciences, medical education building, and medical school programs “immediately,” according to an announcement on the university’s website last Thursday (December 5).
The removal of the name from Tufts programs and buildings in downtown Boston is the latest in a series of pushbacks from schools and museums against the family that owns OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma. The Louvre recently dropped the name from one of its wings, according to STAT, and London’s Science Museum was criticized for complying with the family to repurpose a donation, reports The Guardian.
The Sacklers and Purdue Pharma have given about $15 million total to Tufts since 1980, and some of the research they funded was specifically related to pain management. The school will not return the donated money, but plans to start a $3 million endowment for addiction ...
