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The following is a sample of coverage of the work of the Responsible Endowments Coalition, in addition to REC campus affiliates. If your campus chapter has gotten some good press, don’t forget to contact us and we’ll post it here!
April 21, 2010 — Vassar Relies on, Reviews Investments, Members of Campus Responsible Investment Committee, Vassar College
March 10, 2010 — Move Our Money: Why Universities Should Join the Movement, Dan Apfel, REC Executive Director on HuffingtonPost.com
March 3, 2010 — American University Students Want Community Investment Mary Schellentrager, REC Student Organizer on HuffingtonPost.com
December 3, 2009 — Mt. Holyoke SRI Committee Seeks Support for Proposal
November 2009 — Students Scrutitinize Columbia's Investments
November 2009 — Brandeis University’s hard lesson in the real economy, Christopher R. Beha, Harper's Magazine
October 28, 2009 — Washington University Students Pushing for Transparency in Endowment
October 19, 2009 — Wesleyan Responsibly Invested Student Run Endowment Outperforms Market
Summer 2009 — Shareholder Action Heats Up, Real Green, Green America's Summer Newsletter
April 2, 2009 — Guide to Community Investment by Colleges and Universities Launched by Responsible Endowments Coalition
March 31, 2009 — Historic Shareholder Agreement Reached With McDonald's on Pesticide Use Reduction, Reuters
September, 2008 — Taking a Stake in Campus Finances, Ann C. Logue, University Business Magazine
August 11, 2008 — Working In The System; Unlike their 1960s forebears, the current generation of student activists is more likely to protest with PowerPoint than a bullhorn. Tony Dokoupil, Newsweek College Guide
November 15, 2007— Money, Meet Mouth: How one group is convincing U.S. colleges to invest responsibly, Katharine Wroth, Grist
November 5, 2007— Students Apply Ethics to College Endowments, Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor
October 3, 2007-- Amnesty International USA and Responsible Endowment Coalition Launch Guide to Support Responsible Investing by U.S. Colleges and Universities, Economics News Service
April 13, 2007 — Students switching activism to boardroom, Peter Schworm, Boston Globe
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