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Trump administration freezes $1 billion in funding for Cornell, $790 million for Northwestern
Graduate student Momodou Taal speaks at an encampment at Cornell University campus in New York, after being suspended for disruptive behavior during anti-Israel protests, April 27, 2024. (YouTube screenshot / Cornell Daily Sun)
The US federal government has frozen $1 billion in funding for Cornell and $790 million for Northwestern, the New York Times reports, becoming the latest elite universities to be targeted amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on antisemitism at college campuses.
Citing two administration officials, the newspaper says the funding in question is primarily contracts and grants with the US departments of agriculture, defense, education and health.
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