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September 5, 2025

Northwestern University President Resigns After Trump Administration Freezes Research Funds
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Northwestern University's President Michael Schill has announced that he
will resign. This comes after the Trump administration froze $790
million in research funding to Northwestern back in April. Schill had
testified on Capitol Hill last year about alleged antisemitism on campus
and was grilled by Republican lawmakers about negotiating with
pro-Palestinian student organizers to end protests on campus. Schill's
resignation came a day after Harvard won a landmark lawsuit challenging
the Trump administration for similarly withholding research funds. In
Harvard's case, it was $2.2 billion.


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