Leslie Lankowski
Emeritus professor at Indiana University who studies philanthropy and provides expert commentary on ethical questions about accepting donations from tainted sources.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 8min
Should colleges accept money from bad people?
Leslie Lankowski, an emeritus philanthropy scholar, and Sean Carroll, a physicist-philosopher who advises films and explains cosmology, unpack how money shapes research. They recount a 2010 Epstein approach, map his ties to academia, and debate why private donors lure scholars. Short, sharp scenes on networking, reputational risk, and the tradeoffs of private funding.
