News Briefing: Chinese Donate Newfound Wealth After Quake
By Kate Golden on May 19, 2008No Comment
- Wesleyan creates a student endowment with surplus from the activity fees paid by students. [New York Times]
- Plans for the arts center at ground zero move slowly and fundraising for it has yet to begin. [Associated Press]
- James Cuno, president of the Art Institute of Chicago, oversees the completion of its new Modern Wing. [New York Times]
- Some Habitat for Humanity chapters have seized buying opportunities in neighborhoods affected by the mortgage meltdown. [Associated Press]
- The deadliest disaster in a generation has touched off an unprecedented outpouring of charity, especially among newly wealthy and urban Chinese. [Associated Press]
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