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Harvard professors warn the university may have to euthanize animals, halt life-saving research
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and slash jobs. These are some potential ramifications of the Trump administration
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freezing more than $2.2 billion in funding to the institution after it refused to allow federal
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demands for oversight to its academic policies. Professors tell CNN the loss of funding means
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research on tuberculosis spanning more than a decade, as well as the life of the primates
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involved in the vaccine study are now in jeopardy. The professor in charge of the study says she
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received a stop work order this week and is now working to save the animals while hoping another
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funding source comes along for the research to continue. As Straight Arrow News just reported
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the institution is also reeling from an announcement Wednesday from Department of
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem saying the Trump administration is canceling a
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pair of federal grants worth roughly $2.7 billion intended for Harvard. The administration
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says the cuts are linked to campus demonstrations last summer over Israel's war in Gaza, which it
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says were anti-Semitic, and over Harvard's alleged lack of international visa oversight
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Harvard's medical school, which heavily relies on federal funding, says it may have to cut staff
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and programs due to the funding freeze. Academics also say the cuts are jeopardizing research and
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efforts to fight the effects of radiation therapy for cancer patients, as well as studies on
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treatments and early diagnosis of ALS. One researcher telling CNN this cancellation will
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cost lives. For more on this story, download the Straight Arrow News app or visit san.com
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For Straight Arrow News, I'm Jack Elmer
