Cutting financial aid to Harvard an act of self-sabotage
US President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to destroy Harvard, and its assertion that it is doing so to combat anti-Semitism effectively pins the blame for the wreckage on the Jews.
Updated At : 07:15 AM May 30, 2025 IST
Great help: Federal money has been subsidising research costs by supporting Harvard’s graduate students. Reuters
Last week, I was among hundreds of researchers at Harvard University who received termination notices for our federal research grants. Mine was for a project to study electrical signalling between neurons in the brain. My lab research has led to progress in treatments for pain, epilepsy and ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). We have been working to map the physiological basis of memory, enabling new ways to study Alzheimer’s disease. All our work is available for the public to see.
