Rachel Abrams

In other words, the court case does not guarantee that they're going to get access to future grants, future federal funds, etc. Correct. How big of a deal is this money that we're talking about for a place as enormous as Harvard that also has tons of donors the way that other Ivy League schools do?

In other words, the court case does not guarantee that they're going to get access to future grants, future federal funds, etc. Correct. How big of a deal is this money that we're talking about for a place as enormous as Harvard that also has tons of donors the way that other Ivy League schools do?

At the very least, another episode of The Daily.

At the very least, another episode of The Daily.

How dare you?

How dare you?

And we're talking about billions of dollars, just to be clear, right?

And we're talking about billions of dollars, just to be clear, right?

Harvard, though, don't they have other resources? I mean, how screwed are they?

Harvard, though, don't they have other resources? I mean, how screwed are they?

Have you heard examples already of, I'm just making this up, researchers who are, say, declining to go to Harvard because they're worried about their funding getting cut?

Have you heard examples already of, I'm just making this up, researchers who are, say, declining to go to Harvard because they're worried about their funding getting cut?

Given the existential threats that the funding cuts could pose to Harvard, are they considering at all trying to reach some kind of deal with the administration despite the language that they put out about how they're going to fight?

Given the existential threats that the funding cuts could pose to Harvard, are they considering at all trying to reach some kind of deal with the administration despite the language that they put out about how they're going to fight?

Huh. Why?

Huh. Why?

You mean like one side thought they were getting something, but then it turned out they were getting something different?

You mean like one side thought they were getting something, but then it turned out they were getting something different?

Right. Of course, there was quite notably the resignation of Claudine Gay, the first female Black president of Harvard, who resigned after only six months in the wake of plagiarism allegations and sort of disastrous congressional testimony over anti-Semitism.

Right. Of course, there was quite notably the resignation of Claudine Gay, the first female Black president of Harvard, who resigned after only six months in the wake of plagiarism allegations and sort of disastrous congressional testimony over anti-Semitism.