Federal agencies continue terminating all funding to Harvard
arstechnica.comPublished: 5/14/2025
Summary
The federal government abruptly cut $450 million in grants from Harvard, affecting eight agencies, following accusations of antisemitism and efforts to diversify its academic community. This marks a continuation of prior funding reductions and controversies, with agencies like the DOE, NSF, and DOD sending letters detailing Harvard's handling of diversity initiatives as insufficient. A prominent letter criticized Harvard for not taking immediate action to address past issues, calling its campus an environment where discrimination has become normalized through mere tokenism rather than accountability.