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Cornell inks $60M deal with Trump administration to resolve antisemitism claims

JL;DR SUMMARY Cornell University has agreed to a $60 million settlement with the Trump administration to resolve federal investigations into antisemitism claims and unfreeze $250 million in federal grants. 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 FreedomTitle ViCornell UniversityEric CheyfitzFederal GrantsUniversity SettlementsRosensaft

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Cornell University, New York, United States
"Cornell University will pay $60 million to the Trump administration to resolve ongoing antisemitism investigations and unfreeze $250 million in federal funds, becoming the fourth Ivy League school and fifth overall to strike such a deal."
University of Virginia, Virginia, United States
"The deal came weeks after another agreement signed by the University of Virginia, and also followed the resolution of an ongoing controversy at Cornell involving a Jewish professors course on Gaza."
Palestinian Territories
"In a virtual campus town hall after the deal was announced, Kotlikoff linked the universitys negotiation of the settlement to the broader campus climate in the two-plus years since the Hamas attack on Israel and war in Gaza."
Columbia, New York, United States
"Cornells agreement follows earlier ones struck by Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, Brown and UVA."
University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States
"Cornells agreement follows earlier ones struck by Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, Brown and UVA."
Brown, Illinois, United States
"Cornells agreement follows earlier ones struck by Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, Brown and UVA."
UCLA, California, United States
"The terms of a proposed $1 billion payout from the University of California system, recently made public by a court order, include specific reference to antisemitic incidents that took place on UCLAs campus."

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