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Cornell reaches deal with Trump to restore funding
The Morning Standard
|November 08, 2025
CORNELL University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration's interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school.
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Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff announced the agreement on Friday, saying it upholds the university's academic freedom while restoring more than $250 million in research funding that the government withheld amid investigations into alleged civil rights violations.
This story is from the November 08, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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