Thank you for noting the potential conflict of interest behind the funding of the DeCenter (EQuad News, May 2023). The engineering dean was kind enough to hear my concerns but said I was the first to point out the questionable optics of taking Bitcoin billionaire money for the initiative. I find that hard to believe, given many faculty concerns. Eisgruber lauded their donation too. Not long after my call with the dean, one of the donors tweeted that they had funded a center at Princeton to “promote” crypto. I sent the tweet to the dean.
Thank you for noting the potential conflict of interest behind the funding of the DeCenter (EQuad News, May 2023). The engineering dean was kind enough to hear my concerns but said I was the first to point out the questionable optics of taking Bitcoin billionaire money for the initiative. I find that hard to believe, given many faculty concerns. Eisgruber lauded their donation too. Not long after my call with the dean, one of the donors tweeted that they had funded a center at Princeton to “promote” crypto. I sent the tweet to the dean.