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Re:Eric Schmidt is working to launch a university by vsskanth on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @03:33PM (#23910097)
Yeah, but if you were Jeff Bezos why would you settle for a name on a building or a department, over Bezos University ?
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Re:Eric Schmidt is working to launch a university by ghaff on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @03:36PM (#23910129)
I'm sure there is no shortage of universities which would rename themselves to Bezos U for enough money. It's not even a particularly radical notion. I don't know any examples of entire universities but Cornell's Business School renamed itself after a very large donation and MIT's new computing school is named after a very large donor.
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Re:Eric Schmidt is working to launch a university by bluedevil2k on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @03:40PM (#23910148)
Duke wasn't founded by James Duke, it renamed itself from Trinity College after his donation.
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Re:Eric Schmidt is working to launch a university by hpkuarg on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @04:10PM (#23910468)
And technically named after his father.
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