Columbian University will fire about 180 people after freezing funding Trump

Columbia University dismisses about 180 of his employees after, at the direction of US President Donald Trump, the university funding was frozen by $ 400 million under the pretext of combating anti -Semitism. It is reported by Associated Press.

The statement published by the University says that the dismissal will be affected by about 20% of employees engaged in research financed by frozen grants. At the same time, the university said that he was looking for alternative sources of financing, and announced the creation of a stabilization fund designed to maintain continuity of research in case of further financial problems.

According to the university, the abolition of financing affected various medical studies - in particular, the development of a nasal spray for the treatment of viral diseases, the study of maternal mortality, treatment of chronic diseases and cancer.

Earlier, Columbian University agreed to amend the educational policy required by the Trump administration - in particular, to expand the staff of the Israeli and Judaic Institute, to ban student protests in the campus and appoint a new vice -rector that will directly manage programs to study the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.