Cornell Sues Trump Admin Over “Unlawful” Grant Cuts

The Cornell Daily Sun reports:

The University joined litigation against the U.S. Department of Energy and DOE Secretary Chris Wright, according to a Monday email from President Michael Kotlikoff and Provost Kavita Bala. The plaintiffs of the case are alleging that proposed immediate cuts to indirect costs for University research grants are unlawful by violating federal regulations.

The lawsuit was officially filed by the Association of American Universities, the American Council on Education, the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities and eight other land grant institutions against the DOE and its secretary, Chris Wright, on Monday. It was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Read the full article. That makes two Ivy League schools pushing back at the Trump administration today.

University administrators announced in a Monday statement that Cornell joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy and DOE Secretary Chris Wright which cut research grant funding for indirect costs.https://t.co/yCgwIqV3JC

— The Cornell Daily Sun (@cornellsun) April 14, 2025