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Brown University has faced dissatisfaction from the Trump administration following student anti-Semitic protests, with plans to freeze $510 million in federal funding. The university has expressed concern over rumors of a possible freeze but has not been able to confirm their validity. If the rumors are true, Brown would become the fifth Ivy League school to be affected. The government has already launched investigations into other institutions and has implemented funding penalties against schools involved in anti-Semitic protests. Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania are also facing federal funding cuts, and grant funding for research projects at Princeton University has been suspended. Harvard University is currently under investigation and could potentially face up to $9 billion in funding freezes. The Trump administration has emphasized that financial relations will continue as long as schools can improve campus safety and speech policies.

Another Ivy League school has found itself in conflict with the Trump administration due to student anti-Semitic protests. White House officials have expressed dissatisfaction with how Brown University has responded to anti-Semitism activities and plan to freeze $510 million in federal grants and contract payments. The Provost of Brown University sent a letter to administrators stating that the university is aware of "disturbing rumors" regarding the government's possible freeze on research funding, adding that there is currently no information to verify the truth of these rumors. If the rumors are true, Brown University would become the fifth Ivy League school to have its funding "cut off" by the Trump administration; additionally, several dozen universities nationwide have been investigated by the federal government for supporting protests in favor of Palestine.

Last year, Brown University reached an agreement with protesting students, where students dismantled their protest camp, and the university promised to let the Board of Trustees vote on whether to stop investing in companies that support Israel's occupation of Palestine, which ultimately was vetoed by the board. A newly hired assistant professor at the medical school was deported to Lebanon last month for "openly acknowledging" support for a Hamas leader and having personally attended his funeral. Several international students participating in pro-Palestine protests were also arrested and deported.

Columbia University was the first affected prestigious institution, as the Trump administration withdrew a planned $400 million federal fund allocation for the school and threatened to withhold more funding if the safety environment for Jewish students did not improve. Columbia University agreed last month to comply with federal government demands, including significantly revising campus regulations to punish actions detrimental to Jewish faculty and students, and reviewing the university's Middle Eastern studies department.

Conservative policies promoted by the Trump administration have also impacted transgender issues; funding of $175 million was stopped for the University of Pennsylvania because it allows transgender athletes to represent the school in swimming competitions. Princeton University also announced on the 1st that funding for several research projects had been suspended. The federal anti-Semitism task force stated on the 31st of last month that it is still investigating the anti-Semitic protests on Harvard University’s campus, and based on the findings, up to $9 billion in federal grants and contract payments could be frozen.

On the 3rd, the Trump administration sent a letter to Harvard's president outlining a series of demands, including a ban on masking on campus and a clear campus speech policy. The letter indicated that if the university complied, the "financial relationship" between the two parties could continue to be maintained.