Northwestern Hit With 100 Stop-Work Orders for Federal Projects

The Segal Visitors Center at the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

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Northwestern University said researchers with federal grants received 100 stop-work orders, hitting projects in areas including medicine and engineering.

The Trump administration signaled earlier this week it had paused $790 million of funds to Northwestern, and more than $1 billion to Cornell University, because of potential civil rights violations.