Tobacco and VCU
At Bacon’s Rebellion, VCU’s relationship with Philip Morris is being made out to be a scandal, a “national black eye.” VCU and its President Eugene Trani are coming off very badly in a public relations disaster that is largely to their making. In a recent front page article, The New York Times asked reasonable questions about […]
At Bacon’s Rebellion, VCU’s relationship with Philip Morris is being made out to be a scandal, a “national black eye.”
VCU and its President Eugene Trani are coming off very badly in a public relations disaster that is largely to their making. In a recent front page article, The New York Times asked reasonable questions about taking money from Philip Morris USA under provisions that appear to violate even VCU’s rules in terms of research disclosure and academic freedom. But Trani – and the Richmond establishment – obfuscated, giving the school and the region a national black eye.
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