In the wake of the government’s threats, Harvard has begun touting the life-changing impacts of its federally-funded research and how the Trump administration’s “unlawful” actions could impact not only the university’s employees and students,

The university called the funding freeze "unlawful and beyond the government’s authority" and warned of severe and long-lasting consequences.

Harvard University is suing the Trump administration after it froze $2.2billion of grants when the institution rejected a list of White House demands. The private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts,