Harvard is suing the Trump administration.
"I'm commending, actually, the letter from the president of the university," the Harvard professor added. "What I really like, in science, we say that you cannot solve any problem unless you formulate it. So he formulated the problem in his letter. He acknowledged that there is a problem. Otherwise, nothing would happen."
Harvard president Alan Garber apologized in a letter Tuesday after internal reports unveiled antisemitism and Islamophobia’s presence at the Ivy League school. Garber described the findings as "disturbing."
"I think that's a step in the absolutely right direction," Litvak told Fox News Digital. "I would like to see the fruits of it. But again, I was very, very pleased because of the acknowledgment that there is such a problem."
Despite Garber’s apology and admission, President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social Friday stating that the administration will be "taking away Harvard's Tax Exempt Status," noting "It's what they deserve!"
Litvak said he supports the move to "reduce waste." (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
While Litvak pushes for change in the public healthcare space, a dark cloud continues to hang over the Boston-based university as tensions between the Trump Administration and the Ivy League school have shown no signs of cooling down.
A lawsuit over $2.2 billion in frozen research grants is still ongoing, and the funds may likely be held up into the summer. Harvard president Alan Garber said the "consequences" of the decision to withhold grants would be "severe and long-lasting", and may impact work similar to that which Professor Litvak is hoping to accomplish.
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In response to the suit, a White House spokesperson told Fox News Digital in April that the "gravy train of federal assistance to institutions like Harvard, which enrich their grossly overpaid bureaucrats with tax dollars from struggling American families is coming to an end."
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news. Story tips can be sent to Preston.Mizell@fox.com and on X @MizellPreston
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.
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