The Trump administration’s decision to terminate billions in federal funding for Harvard has prompted worries, among supporters and critics alike, about the possible harm to the fields of science and medicine, which are claimed to be disconnected from the antisemitism infecting academia.
Dr. Jeffrey Flier, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and its former dean, wrote that the university is being punished “for alleged flaws largely unrelated to HMS.” Others are asking what doctors and scientists have to do with the chaos in Harvard Yard.
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