There’s nothing personal about President Donald Trump’s ongoing war with Harvard University, according to the White House. Representatives for first lady Melania Trump swiftly shut down rumors that the president’s aggressive campaign against the oldest Ivy League school began after son Barron Trump’s application to the university was rejected.

Alan Garber's remarks on Thursday were met with a roar along with students and staff rising to their feet to applaud him.

Trump pledged to redirect $3 billion from Harvard University to trade schools in a seeming bid for working class support.

Harvard University alumnus Jonathan Harounoff criticizes the Ivy League school for focusing on opposing President Donald Trump rather than tackling antisemitism on campus.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed the “last thing” he wants to do is hurt Harvard, while his administration is still relentlessly hammering the elite university and as he mounted a new demand for the school to cap its admission of international students.

The administration has frozen funding and targeted international students as it presses the university for a stronger response to alleged antisemitism.

Harvard University held its commencement on Thursday, and the Ivy League school's ongoing battle with the Trump administration over international student enrollment and federal funding was on the mind of speakers and students at the graduation ceremony in Cambridge.

Meanwhile, thousands of Harvard students were receiving their degrees at the school’s commencement ceremony. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

By Tom Little, Sam Tabahriti COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -When Alfred Williamson packed his bags to travel to Denmark for summer break after a whirlwind first year at Harvard University, he could not wait to return.