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Media coverage of Harvard’s efforts to retain federal funding for the world’s most cutting-edge research and the right to sponsor international students and scholars on campus.

Walter Isaacson and David Liu on PBS.

Deadly Cost of Funding Cuts

For decades the United States has been at the forefront of medical research. But now the Trump administration is cutting billions of dollars in funding for universities, hospitals, and other scientific institutions that carry out that research.

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Deadly Cost of Funding Cuts

As Trump Targets Elite Schools, Harvard’s President Says They Should ‘Stand Firm’

President Garber speaks with Steve Inskeep from NPR.
As Trump Targets Elite Schools, Harvard’s President Says They Should ‘Stand Firm’

Trump administration’s escalating feud with Harvard affects breast cancer research

Joan Brugge speaking to PBS host Laura Barrón-López.
Trump administration’s escalating feud with Harvard affects breast cancer research

Scores of Researchers Receive Termination Notices After Federal Government Cuts Most Grants to Harvard

David Sinclair in his lab.
Scores of Researchers Receive Termination Notices After Federal Government Cuts Most Grants to Harvard

Trump’s Push to Defund Harvard Prompts Clash Over Veteran Suicide Research

Trump’s Push to Defund Harvard Prompts Clash Over Veteran Suicide Research

Why a weaker Harvard would mean a weaker Massachusetts

women sitting at a cafe in Harvard Square while another woman walks by.
Why a weaker Harvard would mean a weaker Massachusetts
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Antibiotic research at Harvard lab threatened by federal funding cuts

WBUR

Harvard Hits Back at Education Secretary McMahon, Denying Political Bias

Bloomberg
Alan Garber speaking to an interviewer in a suit and tie.

Harvard President on Trump Attacks: ‘The Fight Came to Me’

The Wall Street Journal

Harvard’s President Is Fighting Trump. He Also Agrees With Him.

The New York Times
Alan Garber speaking to an interviewer in a suit and tie.

Harvard President Says Any Move to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status Would Be ‘Highly Illegal’

Wall Street Journal
Widner Library at night.

Harvard has strong legal arguments against Trump administration

The Boston Globe
Lester Holt straight to camera with a photo of President Garber in the background.

Bigger than Harvard

NBC Nightly News
Annenberg walkway with shadows of the columns.

The Cost of Defunding Harvard

The New Yorker
Harvard gate with the sun shining through

Harvard Had No Choice

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Trump’s freeze on $2.2 billion to Harvard provided no proof of wrongdoing

The Washington Post

What Harvard Has Set the Stage For

The New York Times

Early Targets of Harvard Funding Cuts: Tuberculosis, ALS Research

Wall Street Journal

What to Know as Trump Freezes Federal Funds for Harvard and Other Universities

The New York Times

Levin and Martinez express support for Harvard amid funding fight with Trump administration

The Stanford Daily

After Harvard Rebukes White House, Peer Schools Follow Suit

Harvard Crimson

Donald Trump Tries to Run Harvard

Wall Street Journal

Leading Harvard scientist ordered to halt research in funding freeze

The Boston Globe

Harvard’s Strength and How Far We’ve Fallen So Quickly

New York Times Opinion