The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights said Monday that Harvard acted “with deliberate indifference toward harassment of Jewish and Israeli students by other students and faculty from October 7, 2023, through the present.”

“HHS stands ready to reengage in productive discussions with Harvard to reach resolution on the corrective action that Harvard can take to remedy the violations and come into compliance with its Title VI obligations.”

Continuing civil rights violations on the campus include harassing speech, threats, and intimidation targeting Jewish and Israeli students, including calls for genocide and murder, the federal agency reported.

“Such educational opportunities denied include safe class attendance, access to campus facilities such as libraries, dining halls, dorms, and other common areas, participation in extracurricular activities, and overall physical and emotional well-being on campus,” it added.

Since 2023, Harvard and its subrecipients have received more than $794 million from HHS, the statement said.

It said the university has not provided any indication that the major campus organization behind anti-Semitic activity, the Palestine Solidarity Committee, has been dissolved.

“The need for federal intervention is clear; Harvard’s lack of a progressively punitive response is unreasonable,” the letter said.

In an email response to The Epoch Times, Harvard spokesman Jason Newton said the school has an ongoing commitment to fighting anti-Semitism.

“In responding to the government’s investigation, Harvard not only shared its comprehensive and retrospective Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias Report but also outlined the ways that it has strengthened policies, disciplined those who violate them, encouraged civil discourse, and promoted open, respectful dialogue. Harvard is far from indifferent on this issue and strongly disagrees with the government’s findings,” Newton said.

On June 20, Trump said on Truth Social that he spoke with Harvard officials regarding “their large-scale improprieties” and expected to announce a historic settlement with the school within a week or so.

The tussle between the two sides began shortly after Trump’s inauguration in January. He issued executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism and banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education. The president froze billions in federal funding, including funds for medical research, prompting a lawsuit from Harvard, which called the move unconstitutional and a violation of free speech.