Judge Allison Burroughs, who noted in court that she is Jewish, said she would aim to rule quickly in the case.

The university is also committing not to meet with its most prominent pro-Palestinian group, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, nor any affiliated groups,

Federal officials pressuring Harvard University over allegations of mishandling antisemitism on campus considered an unprecedented tactic to force compliance: placing a lien on school property.

Hearings in cases over Trump's efforts to deport protesters and pull Harvard's federal funding were both held in a Boston courthouse on July 21.

The US says the UN's culture and education body is promoting "divisive social and cultural causes" - a claim the agency denies.

Lawyers for Harvard and the Trump administration pressed their cases in a Boston courtroom over the government's move to cut nearly $3 billion in federal aid to the university.

T o do the same thing over and over and expect a different result is one definition of insanity. According to Robert Shibley, a special counsel of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), it’s also Columbia University’s approach to addressing anti-Semitism on campus.

Harvard University was back in court Monday for a major hearing in its funding fight case against the Trump administration, a key step in a battle over restoring more than $2 billion in federal funding for research frozen by the White House this spring.