Jeffrey Epstein donated $50,000 to the University of Arizona in 2017, after he was convicted in 2008 of a sex crime involving a 14-year-old girl. After the donation was made public in a 2019 news report, a representative of the university said, "We have no plans to repay this contribution.”

The University of Arizona has an opportunity to make amends by donating the same amount to a charity that supports victims of child sex trafficking. The university is central to Tucson's community, and its unwillingness to repay the donation is a stain on our reputation. 

The money should have been returned, but we can work to restore our university's good name by ensuring that The University of Arizona makes a donation to a charity that works to combat the same kind of crimes that Jeffrey Epstein was found guilty of. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology did this, and so should we.

Background:
https://www.ericrosenwaldphotography.com/the-money-trail-did-jeffrey-epstein-try-to-buy-influence-at-arizona-universities

Original article that revealed Epstein's donation to the University of Arizona, along with a web archive of the article:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-has-a-secret-charity-heres-who-it-gave-money-to/

https://web.archive.org/web/20190714075653/https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-has-a-secret-charity-heres-who-it-gave-money-to