A women's college in Atlanta has suspended a visiting professor program named for comedian Bill Cosby and his wife amid allegations from more than a dozen women that the entertainer drugged and sexually assaulted them.
Spelman College created the William and Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Endowed Professorship in 1996 following a $20 million donation from the couple. An academic center named for Cosby's wife also opened that year.
Officials at the historically black school said in a statement on Sunday that the endowed professorship, created to attract positive attention and accomplished visiting scholars, was being put on hold.
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