As Harvard University fights two federal lawsuits against the government, reports of a “mindbogglingly HISTORIC” deal with the Trump administration drew apprehension from the institution’s community and higher education leaders.

Research across science and medicine will probably shrink at one of the world’s most elite universities amid a new political reality.

Some postdoctoral researchers at Harvard University this summer are seeing their contracts renewed for three months, rather than the usual 12. Labs are killing their mice to save the $1.40 per day it costs to feed each cage and clean up after.