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More than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and around $790 million for Northwestern University has been frozen while the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at...
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Trump administration freezes $1 billion in funding for Cornell University, $790 million for Northwestern University
In a statement to CNN, Northwestern University said it also found about the funding freeze from the media and hasn’t “received any official notification from the federal government.”
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