Millions of dollars in federal funding to Cornell University and Northwestern University have been frozen, the latest colleges to be targeted by the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Around $790 million has been paused for Northwestern and more than $1 billion for Cornell over allegations the institutions are violating civil rights law, the White House said, The Associated Press reported<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n Both universities said they learned of the funding pauses through media reports and have not received official communications from the government. <\/p>\n The only official communications, apparently, has been regarding 75 stop work orders Cornell said it received from the Department of Defense. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe affected grants include research into new materials for jet engines, propulsion systems, large-scale information networks, robotics, superconductors, and space and satellite communications, as well as cancer research \u2014 work of significance for our national defense, the competitiveness of our economy, and the health of our citizens,\u201d Cornell leaders said in a statement. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe are actively seeking information from federal officials to learn more about the basis for these decisions,\u201d they added. <\/p>\n Northwestern said it has received no notifications from the federal government about its plans to cut funding. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cFederal funds that Northwestern receives drive innovative and life-saving research, like the recent development by Northwestern researchers of the\u00a0world\u2019s smallest pacemaker,\u00a0and research fueling the\u00a0fight against Alzheimer\u2019s disease,\u201d a statement said. \u201cThis type of research is now at jeopardy. The University has fully cooperated with investigations by both the Department of Education and Congress.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The Hill has reached out to the White House and Department of Education for comment. \u00a0<\/p>\n