Funding freezes will chill free speech
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Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 announced Wednesday that the University will allocate $250 million in funding over the next year to support research impacted by the Trump administration’s freeze on nearly $3 billion in grants and contracts.
The Trump administration has frozen approximately $450 million in additional federal grants at Harvard University amid ongoing tensions over how the institution has handled alleged incidents of antisemitism on campus.
"Harvard will also continue to defend against illegal government overreach aimed at stifling research and innovation that make Americans safer and more secure," a university spokesperson said. The freeze of future funding represents a slightly altered ...
The U.S. Department of Education has informed Harvard University of a freeze on future research grants and aid until the university addresses specific demands from the Trump administration.
Harvard, and its leadership group who are tainted by the egregious infractions under its watch, faces a steep, uphill battle to reclaim its legacy as a lawful institution and center of