Massachusetts governor calls Trump’s attacks on Harvard ‘bad for science’

Maura Healey says president targeting universities hurts US competitiveness' and affects research and hospitals

Massachusetts governor Maura Healey said on Sunday that Donald Trump's attacks on Harvard University and other schools are having detrimental ripple effects, with the shutdown of research labs and cuts to hospitals linked to colleges.

During an interview on CBS's Face the Nation, the Democratic governor said that the effects on Harvard are damaging American competitiveness", since a number of researchers are leaving the US for opportunities in other countries. After decades of investment in science and innovation, she said: intellectual assets are being given away."