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The elite British university has become the latest in a long series of institutions to publicly distance themselves from the family because of some of its members’ ties to the opioid crisis.
The University of Oxford announced that it would drop the Sackler family name from several buildings, including two galleries at the Ashmolean Museum.
The University of Oxford will remove the Sackler name from its buildings and staff posts following a review into its ties with the family.
The Sackler library has been renamed the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library.
The tainted Sackler name will no longer be seen on the walls of the Ashmolean Museum and staff posts.