# @nbcnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIzZ2-YyD2J
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-23T20:53:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC News (@NBCNews) — https://gondola.cc/NBCNews

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In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Harvard President Alan Garber doubled down on his defiance and said the school had “no choice” but to sue the federal government and reject its demands.

In a letter on April 11, the Trump administration outlined a list of “critical reforms” it wanted Harvard to make to keep $2.2 billion in grants. The reforms included allowing the government to audit who the school hires and admits for at least the next three years.

“We will not compromise on certain issues,” Garber said. “We’ve made that very clear.”

When Harvard rejected the demands, the administration said it would freeze the funding, citing the school’s unwillingness to seriously address antisemitism and the harassment of Jewish students.

The research that is now at risk includes efforts to improve the prospects of children who survive cancer, to understand at the molecular level how cancer spreads throughout the body, to predict the spread of infectious disease outbreaks, and to ease the pain of soldiers wounded on the battlefield, he said.

“Putting that research at jeopardy because of claims of antisemitism seems to us to be misguided,” Garber said. “The effort to address antisemitism will not be advanced by shutting off funding.”

Watch “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” for the full interview tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT.

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