Emily Piper-Vallillo

1 week ago | kpbs.org | Elissa Nadworny |Emily Piper-Vallillo

Lee esta noticia en inglés. Una jueza federal retrasó el lunes una decisión sobre si continuar bloqueando la proclamación del presidente Donald Trump que prohíbe a los estudiantes internacionales asistir a la Universidad de Harvard. Una orden temporal anterior que bloqueaba la orden del 4 de junio seguirá en vigor hasta la próxima semana, cuando la jueza Allison D. Burroughs espera tener una decisión.

1 week ago | wbur.org | Emily Piper-Vallillo

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has joined a lawsuit challenging the federal government's latest attempt to cut research funding for overhead expenses, known as indirect costs. Eleven other research institutions, including Brown University, and three higher education associations brought the suit. Filed Monday, the suit comes less than a week after the U.S. Department of Defense issued a new 15% cap on indirect costs for federally funded research.

1 week ago | ctpublic.org | Elissa Nadworny |Emily Piper-Vallillo

Updated June 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM EDTA federal judge on Monday delayed a ruling on whether to continue blocking President Trump's proclamation barring international students from attending Harvard University. A previous temporary order blocking the June 4th order will remain in place until next week, when Judge Allison D. Burroughs hopes to have a decision. Lawyers for both Harvard and the Trump Administration offered their arguments to the court Monday morning in Boston.

2 weeks ago | wbur.org | Emily Piper-Vallillo

Trump and Harvard: A timeline of eventsThe Trump administration opened a review into billions of dollars of Harvard's federal funding on March 31. The government claimed the Ivy League school did not provide a safe environment for its Jewish students and promoted "divisive ideologies." Harvard denies these claims. Since then Harvard and the Trump administration have been locked in an escalating standoff.

2 weeks ago | wbur.org | Emily Piper-Vallillo

A broad coalition of outside parties has voiced support for Harvard in its legal battle against the Trump administration to recover billions of dollars in slashed federal funding. Civil liberties groups, nearly two dozen universities, the attorneys general of roughly 20 states and more than 12,000 Harvard alumni submitted amicus briefs on behalf of the Cambridge university.