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Make no mistake about it: Trump's reported decision to freeze funding at Northwestern University will put life-saving cures and critical research at risk.
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The Trump administration has frozen over $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern University while it investigates both schools over civil rights violations, a U...
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The Trump administration is planning to pursue a legal arrangement that would put Columbia University into a consent decree, according to people familiar with the matter, an extraordinary step that co...
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Trump officials freeze $790 million in federal funding for Northwestern, according to report
Northwestern University is acknowledging that a significant portion of its federal funding is in danger on Tuesday.
Trump officials reportedly freeze $790M in federal funding for Northwestern University
The moves come as the Trump administration cuts off money to other selective and ivy league schools, citing their responses to Pro-Palestinian protests that took over campuses in 2024. The protests led to hundreds of complaints of antisemitism on campus,
Northwestern University’s faculty decry Trump administration’s federal funding freeze
President Donald J. Trump’s administration froze $790 million in federal funding to Northwestern University, as part of a White House crackdown on anti-semitism on college campuses.
Trump administration freezes funding for Cornell, Northwestern universities
The Trump administration has frozen funding for Cornell and Northwestern universities while it investigates both schools over civil rights violations, a U.S. official said.
About $1.8 billion in federal money for Cornell and Northwestern is frozen, the White House says
Cornell University and Northwestern University say they haven't received any notice from the US government about paused federal funding.
Penn, Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore warn increases in the endowment tax could harm financial aid, other programs
President Donald Trump's administration and congressional Republicans are considering expanding and increasing the tax on university endowments.
Trump Administration Wants to Install Federal Oversight of Columbia University
In an unusual move, the government is aiming to legally bind the school to changes as they negotiate over federal funding.
Trump’s Cornell Funding Freeze Could Make U.S. Troops Less Safe
Cornell is being slammed with stop-work orders that will seriously impact department of defense research linked to the Air Force and military safety, sources tell Scientific American
US freezes funding for Cornell, Northwestern University in latest crackdown
The Trump administration has frozen over $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern University while it investigates both schools over civil rights violations, a U.
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Congressional committee investigating Northwestern withdraws demand for records
In a surprising turnabout, a committee that accused Northwestern of engaging in “progressive-left political advocacy” dropped a demand on Thursday for information about the law school's legal clinics.
US House drops probe for data from university over pro-Palestinian protestor cases
A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Thursday dropped its probe for information from Northwestern University over its law school's representation of pro-Palestinian protestors. A lawyer for the Republican-led Committee on Education and the Workforce,
Northwestern University to settle lawsuit over football program hazing allegations
Northwestern University has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by students against the school and former head coach Pat Fitzgerald, who alleged hazing incidents took place in the football program,
Kate & Caryl Drohan Reach 800 Career Wins as Northwestern Beats Illinois
The surprise attack came after Drohan and her twin sister, Caryl, won their 800th game together as coaches at NU. Caryl has been on Kate's staff since they were both hired before
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