A private equity firm has stepped in to finance a biological research lab at Harvard University, administrators said Monday, while also launching a biotech alongside it that will develop new therapies for metabolic conditions.

A private equity firm will finance a Harvard University research lab, a possible template for the future as schools nationwide absorb federal funding cuts.

Around midnight on April 16, 2025, after Chen Zimo learned that the Department of Homeland Security had threatened to revoke Harvard University’s certification to enroll international students, he began communicating with a trusted source about possible legal scenarios.

As President Donald Trump and his team dialed up the pressure on Harvard University last month, threatening to bar its international students, the school issued what was at once a warning and a plea.

Thousands of Harvard University alumni have signed on to a legal message of support for their alma mater, CNN has learned, an unprecedented effort to back the school as it challenges the Trump administration’s decision to halt more than $2.

I grew up in Middle Tennessee and became a scientist studying at Harvard. President Trump's funding cuts impact my work and the future of America.

The congressional investigation into Harvard’s hiring practices is raising broader concerns about the future of diversity in US higher education. Lawmakers allege violations of Title VII, citing internal documents that encouraged race and gender considerations in faculty recruitment.

When Harvard President Alan Garber took the stage at commencement, he was met with cheers. Days earlier, Columbia acting President Claire Shipman was booed.

Harvard cannot win this fight. It is rigged. But that doesn’t mean the university should not stay in the ring, litigate, mobilize its alumni, donors and friends, and enlist the support of other colleges and universities, hoping to remain standing long enough for a new Congress and administration to stop the carnage.