How Europe aims to woo US scientists and protect academic freedom
Apr. 1, 2025 - The European Union’s new research chief Ekaterina Zaharieva speaks to Nature about attracting disaffected US scientists and cutting grant bureaucracy.
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
Letters and Petitions — We Are Higher Ed
Apr. 2, 2025 - Letters, statements, and petitions by We Are Higher Ed which represents administrators, faculty, staff, students, and allies.
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Apr. 2, 2025 - Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants
Apr. 2, 2025 - The University announced its consideration to sell approximately $320 million of taxable bonds on Tuesday, following a notification from government agencies about the suspension of research grants.
WSU to pause hiring and non-essential travel amid financial crunch
Mar. 31, 2025 - WSU said they are making a "proactive move intended to ensure Washington State University continues to fulfill its historic mission during financially uncertain times."
Trump administration suspends USDA grants for College of Menominee Nation in Wisconsin
Mar. 31, 2025 - U.S. Department of Agriculture grants that fund tribal colleges and universities in Wisconsin and beyond have vanished.
NSF has awarded almost 50% fewer grants since Trump took office
Mar. 31, 2025 - The reasons aren’t clear—and the agency’s director claims the president’s policies haven’t slowed grant awards.
Yale Department leaders told to report all DEI initiatives
Apr. 1, 2025 - Administrators asked department leaders to list detailed information about diversity programs through a survey last week, raising alarm among faculty.
GW researchers lose five NIH grants amid federal funding cuts
Mar. 31, 2025 - The National Institutes of Health has canceled at least five GW research grants this month, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Trump administration suspends several dozen grants to Princeton
Apr. 1, 2025 - The amount of funding to be paused and the reasoning behind it are yet unclear.
17 Senators Call for Release of HMS Researcher Kseniia Petrova
Apr. 1, 2025 - A group of 17 U.S. senators demanded the release of Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova.
UMD community members demand university protects international students at office protest
Apr. 1, 2025 - The protest aimed to ensure this university is setting up a system to inform international students about their statuses.
Stanford President and Provost address campus uncertainty
Apr. 1, 2025 - President Jon Levin and Provost Jenny Martinez wrote to students on Monday with a message of support for the academic freedom of the University, given recent federal challenges.
Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say
Mar. 31, 2025 - Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center will cut at least $250M as federal government slashes health spending
Mar. 30, 2025 - CEO Jeff Balser informed his staff about the reductions in a video this week.
Widespread job cuts begin at health agencies
Apr. 1, 2025 - The layoffs and reorganization efforts reflect the extent to which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is willing to go to remake the country's public health infrastructure.
Northwestern faces another congressional investigation
Mar. 31, 2025 - This time, a committee argues that legal clinics at the law school are using tax dollars to “engage in progressive-left political advocacy.”
Trump administration pulls waiver that supported undocumented college students in Oregon, California
Mar. 28, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education has revoked waivers that allowed colleges and universities in Oregon and California to provide services to undocumented students through federal funds.
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.
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.