Daliy News Roundup: China’s Richest Man to Retire and Focus on Giving
September 10, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Alibaba’s Jack Ma, China’s Richest Man, to Retire From Company He Co-Founded to Focus on Philanthropy (New York Times)
Member of U-Va. Center’s Board Quits a Year After Proposing a Shoe-Shopping Spree for Female Staff (Washington Post)
Generous Brits Left $3.69 Billion to Charity in Wills Last Year — the Largest Amount Ever (Sun). Read the Chronicle’s coverage of the latest estimates of wealth projected to transfer from Americans in the coming years.
Giving News
Snubbed for Nobel Prize, Female Scientist Gives Prize Money to Other Scholars Who Face Bias (Washington Post)
A Stranger Meant to Donate $15 to a GoFundMe Page. He Accidentally Gave More Than $15,000. (Washington Post)
Arts and Culture News
Financial Ties Between Wolf Trap Foundation and National Park Service Under Scrutiny (Washington Post)
Regional Arts Commission Changes Leave Theater Troupes Concerned About Funding (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
More News
Harvard Is Vaulting Workers Into the Middle Class With High Pay. Can Anyone Else Follow Its Lead? (New York Times)
Fossil-Fuel Divestment Debates on Campuses Spotlight the Societal Role of Colleges and Universities (Conversation)
Nonprofit Newsrooms Are Reaching Bigger Audiences by Teaming Up With Other Outlets (Conversation)
Love Not Lost: 2 Childhood Cancer Survivors Marry at St. Jude (New York Times)
