Trump to Hit Brown With $510 Million Funding Freeze, NYT Says

Students and community members hold a pro-Palestine rally at the encampment at Brown University in Providence in April 2024. Photographer: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images
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The Trump administration is poised to block $510 million in federal grants and contracts for Brown University over the school’s response to antisemitism on campus, the New York Times reportedBloomberg Terminal.

Following the report, Brown Provost Frank Doyle said in an email that the school couldn’t substantiate the information but was aware of “troubling rumors” about federal action against its funding. The potential freeze follows similar moves by the US government against Columbia, Harvard and Princeton, Brown’s Ivy League peers.