Columbia settles with Trump, agreeing to a $200M fine, as Harvard fights on

Trump moves to revoke hundreds of federal grants awarded to Harvard—a trove of biodata may be lost in the feud

In the ongoing escalation of the feud between Harvard University and the Trump White House has imperiled hundreds of research grants at Harvard’s medical school.

May 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.20

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Harvard sues Trump administration over international student ban

Harvard University has sued the Trump administration a second time since the start of the ongoing feud between the university and White House.

May 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.20

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Harvard amends lawsuit against Trump administration, includes additional defendants and funding cuts

Harvard University filed an amended lawsuit against the Trump administration, seeking to add two more federal agencies as defendants and to address the administration’s widening efforts to cut the university’s federal funding—now targeting over $2.6 billion and all future grants.

May 16, 2025

Vol.51 No.19

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Federal judges rule that Department of Education policy ordering universities to end DEI programs a violation of educators’ free speech

Federal judges in Maryland, New Hampshire and Washington, DC, blocked the Trump administration from following through on threats to cut off funding to universities that engage in DEI efforts.

Columbia’s cancer center becomes collateral damage in Trump’s war on antisemitism

Columbia’s Herbert Irving Cancer Center is 52 streets, 2.6 miles, and five subway stops away from the university’s main campus and the pro-Palestinian protests that have been taking place there.

In the Headlines: Could “flooding the zone” drown NIH and cancer centers?

With a growing backlog at NIH and Columbia University’s grants getting canceled over alleged antisemitism, where does that leave NCI-designated cancer centers?

March 19, 2025

Vol.51 No.10

Columbia settles with Trump, agreeing to a $200M fine, as Harvard fights on

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