divestment diaries
USF divests from Israel-related companies, denies connection to anti-Israel protests
Though the university agreed to reevaluate its investments in negotiations with student protesters, USF now says its decision to sell its holdings in several defense firms is a shift of ‘investment strategies’
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Campus of the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
As classroom disruptions and building takeovers in the name of protesting Israel’s war in Gaza have roiled college campuses since the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks, universities have also seen a renewed focus on a quieter form of anti-Israel...