Committee to Hold Open Forum on Social Responsibility in University Investments, Wednesday

The Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility (ACIR) will hold an open forum at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, to allow members of the Duke community to present comments on social responsibility issues related to the university endowment.

The forum will be held in 217 Perkins Library.

The ACIR advises President Brodhead with respect to social responsibility issues related to endowment investments. In the recent past, ACIR made recommendations bearing on “conflict minerals,” Darfur, fossil fuels and transparency of endowment holdings.  The committee’s reports can be found at the “documents” portal on the ACIR website: http://spotlight.duke.edu/acirforum/about

It is part of the mission of ACIR to ensure the Duke community is appraised of its efforts and that you have an opportunity to provide input to our work, particularly its agenda. To this end, ACIR invites faculty, staff, and graduate/ undergraduate students to attend the open forum to learn more about the committee’s work and to share your suggestions for how it might continue to fulfill its mission.