18 Colleges Seek to Support Harvard’s Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration

After a Semester of Catastrophic Federal Cuts, Researchers at Harvard Are in a ‘Survival State’

Across Harvard’s schools, researchers described a wave of destruction following sweeping terminations of federally funded grants. More than $2.7 billion in cuts have come as part of the Trump administration’s targeted pressure campaign against Harvard.

18 colleges seek to support Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration

In a court filing Friday, the colleges argued that the elimination of Harvard's federal funding "negatively impacts the entire ecosystem."

Brown University seeks to back Harvard’s lawsuit against Trump administration's federal funding cuts

Brown, along with 17 other colleges and universities, submitted a request to file a friend-of-the-court brief on Friday, supporting Harvard's suit against the Trump administration's cuts to the university's research funding. This comes after the Trump administration stated in April that it was planning to freeze $510 million in Brown's federal research grants.Harvard sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in late April over a free…