Harvard, MIT professors join Canadian universities amid US research funding cut

VNExpress - Sep 25, 2026

Professors from Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and other major U.S. institutions have relocated to Canadian universities amid concerns over tightening controls and declining research funding in the U.S.

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