Verba said the Widener renovation would have to be finished whether or not all of the money is raised.
While professorships have not fared as well as other areas of the campaign, Director of Development Planning Leah R. McIntosh '78 said the University still hopes to raise its goal of 40 professorships by the end of December. Currently, 25 have been endowed.
Tiedemann said the University's strategy involves "working closely with donors who have expressed interest in those areas and hoping to have them make gift decisions before the December 30 deadline in order bring those goals to meeting their objectives."
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