As President Donald Trump escalates his attacks on universities’ access to federal research funding, the Harvard School of Public Health has felt the pain especially acutely.

Harvard’s School of Public Health did not automatically renew a collaboration agreement with Birzeit University in the West Bank, which has fueled concern for its ties to Palestinian terrorism

Harvard University on Friday dismissed the faculty leaders of the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies following pressure by the Trump administration over alleged anti-Israel bias, the varsity’s student publication The Harvard Crimson and New York Times reported.

Ultimately, Harvard owes its students and affiliates exposure to the research and unique perspectives of Palestinians, and collaboration with Birzeit faculty appears to be a good method to achieve that goal.

The university "at last did the right thing" suspending its relationship with the Palestinian institution, a former Harvard president wrote.The post Harvard ends partnership with antisemitic Birzeit U

A new study may have finally answered the question “Which is the healthiest diet?” — at least when it comes to longevity.

Last summer, the Harvard School of Public Health launched an internal review into the partnership, which was between the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights (FXB) and Birzeit, and decided to pause the program. The review committee will release a final report in the coming weeks.

One diet came out a clear winner in a 30-year study involving more than 105,000 men and women and eight diets, researchers reported in the journal Nature Medicine.