Ohio and Kentucky enact laws banning DEI at public colleges
Mar. 31, 2025 - Conservative lawmakers in both states successfully pushed through the bills after failed attempts in previous years.
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
Harvard University faces $9B federal funding review
Mar. 31, 2025 - The investigation into the Ivy League institution is the largest yet by the Trump administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.
Harvard Dismisses Leaders of Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Mar. 28, 2025 - Interim Harvard Dean of Social Science dismissed the director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, professor of Turkish Studies Cemal Kafadar, and its associate director, History professor Rosie Bsheer.
Catholic Relief Services hit by USAID budget cuts
Mar. 31, 2025 - Catholic Relief Services, a longtime partner of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, has lost 62% of their funding with the recent federal budget cuts.
UMich faces critical student backlash after eliminating DEI
Mar. 31, 2025 - Student organizations condemned the University ending DEI in a critical joint statement, saying that it represented the submission to federal attacks on higher education.
Trump Administration To Review Billions in Federal Funding to Harvard
Mar. 31, 2025 - Three federal agencies announced a review of more than $250 million in federal grants and contracts to Harvard as part of an ongoing investigation into the University by the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism.
The Northwestern Graduate School replaces Diversity Office with Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Success
Mar. 29. 2025 - This restructuring represents the latest episode in the erasure of diversity, equity and inclusion practices at NU.
Trump returned to office 10 weeks ago. Here’s how his policies have reshaped Penn.
Mar. 30, 2025 - Ten weeks into Trump’s second presidential term, The Daily Pennsylvanian compiled the impacts of federal policy changes on Penn and examined how the University has responded.
Brown administrators clarify immigration enforcement policies, address research funding cuts
Mar. 31, 2025 - The letter follows the deportation of Assistant Professor Rasha Alawieh and cuts to federal funding at Columbia and Penn.
Yale refutes ICE presence rumors but releases law enforcement guide, restricts building access
Mar. 29, 2025 - Yale Public Safety announced that campus building access will be restricted to ID holders.
Columbia, Trump, and $400 million: 25 years ago and now
Mar. 31, 2025 - Although the decision was made this month, Trump’s conflict with Columbia dates back 25 years.
These US labs risk imminent closure after Trump cuts
Mar. 28, 2025 - US researchers who must forage for their own salary by finding grants fear they will be the first to go as federal research dollars disappear.
Stanford, Cal and UCLA investigated in Trump's anti-DEI campaign
Mar. 27, 2025 - The Trump administration opened investigations into the admissions policies at Stanford University and UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Irvine.
Where Are State DOGE Groups? A Map of Efficiency Initiatives
Mar. 28, 2025 - A tracker of the evolving landscape of state government efficiency initiatives, distinguishing between those directly inspired by federal DOGE directives and independent programs.
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
Mar. 30, 2025 - Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.
CU Anshutz | An Update on Salary Setting, Hiring & University Travel
Mar. 21, 2025 - Hiring is not halted entirely at this time, but the university is postponing non-clinical hires and roles not approved as critical for ongoing operations.
When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed
Mar. 29, 2025 - US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuary.
Florida college fires Chinese professor under state’s ‘countries of concern’ law
Mar. 29, 2025 - New College of Florida fired Kevin Wang, a professor who sought asylum and is authorized to work in the US.
LSU announces hiring freeze
Mar. 28, 2025 - LSU President William Tate announced a hiring freeze for most of the university, along with other cost-saving measures.
Trump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museums
Mar. 27, 2025 - The order says that "divisive narratives" must be purged from the US museums and research centers.
ICE detains University of Alabama doctoral student as government's college crackdown continues
Mar. 27, 2025 - According to ICE records, Iranian national Alireza Doroudi is currently being held in a "detention facility" after he was recently detained.
UMich announces cuts to all DEI programs
Mar. 27, 2025 - The University of Michigan announced cuts to campus-wide diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, effective immediately.
Russian Harvard Researcher Detained at Louisiana ICE Facility After Visa Revocation
Mar. 28, 2025 - Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova is detained at an ICE facility in Louisiana.
NIH nixes at least 10 Northwestern research projects related to LGBTQ+ health issues
Mar. 28, 2025 - NIH terminated at least 10 Northwestern research projects within the last month, many of which related to LGBTQ+ health issues.
UW–Madison researcher testifies during forum on impact of NIH funding cuts
Mar. 27, 2025 - Professor and Associate Director of Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Sterling Johnson provided testimony on the importance and urgency of NIH investments in research at a forum on Capitol Hill.
No, not that Elon ... An NC university tries to distance itself from the DOGE leader
Mar. 27, 2025 - Elon University often gets confused with the billionaire in charge of DOGE, despite no connection, but the mix-ups have increased in the most recent Trump era.
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
Mar. 27, 2025 - More than 1,600 readers answered the poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
RFK Jr. claws back $11.4B in CDC funding amid wave of top-level departures
Mar. 25, 2025 - The funding went to state health departments for COVID-19 responses.
State Dept. demands 'enhanced' social media vetting of student visa applicants
Mar. 26, 2025 - The Department of State has issued guidance that will make it easier to deny foreign students the ability to study in the US.
‘Anxiety is palpable’: detention of researchers at US border spurs travel worries
Mar. 24, 2025 - Several high-profile incidents in the past month have scientists on edge.