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.

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.

Before a Monday court deadline, dozens of outside groups — including civil liberties groups, Boston-area hospitals, and former federal officials — submitted amici briefs backing Harvard in its lawsuit against the Trump administration.

Dozens of institutions and associations argue that Trump’s funding freeze is about more than just one university—it’s about the future of American democracy.

Twenty four universities, including five Ivy League schools, and more than 12,000 alumni took measures to back Harvard University in its legal battle against the Trump administration, which has threat

A Monday preliminary injunction hearing will hold the weight of what is to come next for Harvard University’s foreign student population. The federal court hearing in Boston is in response to several attempts by the Trump administration to prevent Harvard from enrolling international students or allowing them to enter the country to study.

Since President Donald Trump began targeting the Ivy League campus as part of a pressure campaign to reform American colleges, Harvard has turned to the public and financial support of its alumni more than ever.

Gökhan Hotamışlıgil, M.D., Ph.D., has secured about $39 million from a Turkish investment group to support the next 10 years of his group’s research on new antibodies for obesity and other metabolic diseases.

Thousands of alumni at Harvard University have submitted a court document in support of the institution as it fights the Trump administration.