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The federal government has been zeroing in on Northwestern for months as part of a recent crackdown on alleged antisemitic action on campuses across the country, with a particular focus on how school...
From Chicago Tribune
More than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and around $790 million for Northwestern University have been frozen while the government investigates alleged civil rights violations a...
From HuffPost
Northwestern said it was aware of media reports about the funding freeze but had not received any official notification from the government and that it has cooperated in the investigation.
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Northwestern University’s federal funding freeze: What we know so far
President Donald J. Trump’s administration froze $790 million in federal funding to Northwestern University, as part of a White House crackdown on anti-semitism on college campuses.
Trump administration reportedly freezes $790 million in federal funding at Northwestern University
The Trump administration has reportedly frozen $790 million in federal funding at Northwestern. The freeze affects grants from agencies like defense, agriculture, and health and human services.
Trump administration freezes $1 billion in funding for Cornell University, $790 million for Northwestern University
The Trump administration is freezing $790 million in federal funding to Northwestern University and more than $1 billion in funding to Cornell University, a White House official told CNN.
Trump Admin Halts $1 Billion In Funding For Cornell, $790 Million For Northwestern
It's part of a broader push to use government funding to get major academic institutions to comply with the president's political agenda.
Trump Team to Freeze Nearly $2 Billion at Cornell and Northwestern Universities
The federal government is investigating both schools for alleged civil-rights violations, as part of a rapidly expanding crackdown on elite research universities.
Trump officials freeze $1 billion for Cornell and $790 million for Northwestern
The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern University amid civil rights investigations into both schools, two
US Freezes Funding for Cornell, Northwestern University in Latest Crackdown
Demonstrators gather at an encampment where students are protesting in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Northwestern University campus in Evanston,
Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say
The moves are the latest in a campaign against elite universities that has resulted in more than $3.3 billion in federal funds being suspended or canceled.
Professors, students say NU funding freeze could have worldwide impact
Northwestern University now joins a growing list of colleges across the country to have its federal funding frozen by the Trump administration.
Agreement in works to settle Northwestern hazing lawsuits that led to football coach’s firing
Former Northwestern University football players are finalizing an agreement with the school to settle lawsuits alleging hazing and abuse that led to longtime coach Pat Fitzgerald’s firing, a school spokesman and attorneys said Tuesday.
Northwestern University says settlement being finalized in hazing lawsuit
This settlement relates to allegations that date back nearly two decades from players who allege they were hazed ​in ways that were violent, sexual, and traumatic.
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Congressional committee investigating Northwestern withdraws demand for records
In a surprising turnabout, a committee that accused Northwestern of engaging in “progressive-left political advocacy” dropped a demand on Thursday for information about the law school's legal clinics.
House Education Committee drops records request against Northwestern law clinics after suit
The GOP-controlled House Education and the Workforce Committee withdrew a request for records on Northwestern University’s law clinics after its leaders filed a lawsuit Wednesday.  “The committee
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Northwestern Kellogg, UChicago Law score top marks in latest U.S. News ranking
Several other Illinois colleges also made the graduate school rankings, from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to UIC.
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Northwestern Fencing Coach Named Conference Coach of the Year
Moss started at Northwestern as an assistant in 2014. He was promoted to head coach prior to the 2016-17 season when Laurie Schiller retired. Since then, Northwestern has consistently had good teams, and the personal honors have rolled in for Moss.
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