Overview

• The Trump administration plans to freeze $510 million in grants to Brown University, citing alleged antisemitism linked to pro-Palestinian protests on campus.
• Brown University officials confirmed awareness of 'troubling rumors' but stated they have not received formal notification of the funding freeze.
• Harvard University has been given compliance demands, including banning masks at protests, eliminating DEI programs, and cooperating with law enforcement, to retain $9 billion in federal funding.
• The administration has deported foreign students involved in pro-Palestinian protests and revoked visas, intensifying its actions against perceived antisemitism.
• Critics argue that these measures threaten free speech, academic freedom, and institutional autonomy, while the administration defends them as necessary to combat antisemitism.