But theirs is far from a universal position within the Harvard community. Faculty, particularly some researchers who have had to halt studies into potential life-saving medicines and gut their staff, are conflicted: While they share the fear that a deal with President Trump could infringe upon Harvard’s academic freedom and institutional autonomy, they also see a settlement as potentially ending significant damage to their life’s work. The division is in part geographic. Many of the researchers affected by the federal cuts are located in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, and some worry their colleagues back on the main campus...