“If U.C.L.A. accedes to the demand, it would be the largest payout — by far — of any university that has so far reached a deal with the White House. Columbia University agreed to pay $221 million in connection with its settlement with the government, and Brown University pledged to spend $50 million with state work force programs. Dr. Frenk announced later that week the federal government had started freezing research money.”

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“Columbia was the first university to be punished by the Trump administration with a freeze on research funding over accusations that it had tolerated antisemitism.”

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