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Cornell and Northwestern to see nearly $2B frozen amid Trump’s antisemitism crackdown

JL;DR SUMMARY Cornell and Northwestern Universities, both led by Jewish presidents, are facing substantial funding cuts from the Trump administration as part of a broader crackdown on campuses allegedly mishandling antisemitism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationJewish StudentsAcademic FreedomFederal FundingNorthwestern UniversityCornell UniversityPro Palestinian AdvocacyCampus PolicyResearch Grants

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Cornell, New York, United States
"Now, Cornell is poised to lose $1 billion in federal funding, while Northwestern faces $790 million in cuts."
Evanston, Illinois, United States
"Northwestern drew criticism last year after President Michael Schill was the among the first presidents to strike a deal with pro-Palestinian protest leaders."
New York, United States
"Kotlikoff recently spoke to Jewish publications and penned a New York Times column about his belief that universities can stick to their values while still ensuring freedom from harassment."
Massachusetts, United States
"Harvard University, which has $9 billion on the line, has not said how it plans to respond to the Trump administrations demands that it end both diversity initiatives and antisemitism."
New Hampshire, United States
"Only two Ivy League schools have so far evaded sanctions: Dartmouth College, where a Jewish professor was thrown to the ground when police cracked down on a pro-Palestinian encampment last year, was not on the Trump administrations list of 60 schools facing investigations, and Yale University, which was."
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
"and Yale University, which was. (Vice President J.D. Vance is a Yale Law School graduate who has credited the university with propelling his rise from poverty to politics.)"
Israel
"was exhilarated by Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel; he apologized and was suspended but now has returned to campus."

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