The Trump administration plans to freeze $ 510 million to grants at Brown University about alleged anti -Semitism on campus, a US official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. The move makes Brown the latest university that Trump has targeted this issue. Last month, the education department 60 institutions, including Brown, warned against possible enforcement actions. What Brown University said? Brown said it did not receive formal notice. Brown Provost Frank Doyle said in ‘Ne -mail that the school could not support the information, but that he was aware of “disturbing rumors” about the federal action against its financing. The potential freezing point follows similar moves by the US government against Columbia, Harvard and Princeton, Brown’s Ivy League recruits. “We monitor notices related to grants carefully, but have nothing more we can share now,” he added. Brown is particularly vulnerable to any financing disruption because the finances are already tense. The school has fallen into its endowment, as the increase in financial aid and the salary of staff is pushing its budget, an approach that he says is unsustainable. Brown runs a medical school and school of public health that attracts federal research awards. Why Trump threatens to freeze university grants? Trump threatened to reduce federal financing for universities because of the allegations of anti-Semitism during the Pro-Palestinian campus protests against the American ally Israel’s devastating military assault on Gaza, which caused a humanitarian crisis in the enclave and followed a deadly attack on October 2023 by the Islamic group. Trump called the protesters anti -Semitic and described them as sympathetic to Hamas’ militants and as threats to foreign policy. Protesters, including some Jewish groups, say the Trump administration confuses their criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza and advocacy for Palestinian rights with anti -Semitism and support for Hamas. The University of Princeton said on Tuesday that the US government had frozen a few dozen research grants at the school. The Trump administration also reviews $ 9 billion to federal contracts and grants allocated to Harvard University. Over the past few weeks, agents of immigration and customs have kept some foreign students protesters and work to deport them. Proponents of human rights and academic experts condemned the moves as an assault on free speech and academic freedom. Trump canceled $ 400m to Columbia last month, the Trump administration canceled $ 400m to Columbia and threatened $ 9 billion in grants and contracts at Harvard. Princeton said earlier this week that dozens of research grants were suspended. The government also frozen $ 175 million at the University of Pennsylvania, citing policies that allow transgender athletes to compete with women’s sports.
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