Washington | Columbia University has reached a landmark deal with the Trump administration to restore federal funding for research, easing a crisis that has rattled the school’s finances and upended its leadership.
The Ivy League school will pay a $US200 million ($302.3 million) penalty over three years to resolve multiple civil rights investigations, clearing the way for the reinstatement of the majority of more than $US400 million in cancelled grants and contracts, as well as access to billions of dollars in future grants.
