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.
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
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.
Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears
Mar. 27, 2025 - Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.
More Than 600 Harvard Faculty Urge Governing Boards To Resist Demands From Trump
Mar. 27, 2025 - More than 600 Harvard faculty signed a letter to Harvard’s governing boards urging the University to publicly condemn attacks on universities and defy orders that interfere with its independence.
NIH pulls funding from UMich transgender health research
Mar. 26, 2025 - Seven grants to the University have been terminated, five of which were related to gender identity in some capacity.
Northeastern warns students of possible travel restrictions amid Trump administration crackdowns
Mar. 27, 2025 - An email sent to Northeastern community members warned of immigration restrictions following a nationwide crackdown on non-citizens who have participated in activism on college campuses.
UMD administration details response to federal inquiry about Chinese students, faculty
Mar. 27, 2025 - The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent Darryll Pines a letter urging this university to provide details about Chinese national students.
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
Mar. 26, 2025 - A lawyer for a Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University says she has been detained by Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation.
Khurana Says Harvard is Preparing for Possible Federal Funding Cuts
Mar. 26, 2025 - Following the Trump administration’s decision to cut $400 million in government grants to Columbia University, a top administrators are planning for the possibility that Harvard may be next.
Students in SINSI, other programs forced to pivot after federal government pulls internships
Mar. 26, 2025 - Students across Princeton’s campus are currently having to change their summer plans after many federal internships have been canceled due to the federal hiring freeze.
Trump’s war on federal education could obstruct financial aid distribution: experts
Mar. 25, 2025 - Donald Trump’s plan to halve the Department of Education’s workforce by nearly 50% and eventually dismantle it could delay and complicate GW’s financial aid distribution.
NIH terminates three Penn research grants, citing incompatibility with ‘agency priorities’
Mar. 24, 2025 - The termination letters stated that the awards were “incompatible with agency priorities, and no modification of the project could align the project with agency priorities.”
Jameson says Penn researchers received ‘stop work orders’ after $175 million federal funding freeze
Mar. 25, 2025 - Researchers across seven of Penn’s schools were notified that their federally contracted research was halted.
Education Department opens second investigation into Yale antisemitism
Mar. 26, 2025 - Amid deep cuts to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and Trump’s efforts to dismantle the department wholesale, the office opened a new investigation into antisemitism at Yale.
Provost reports hiring slow down at Northeastern, denies hiring freeze
Mar. 25, 2025 - Northeastern has “considerably” slowed its hiring.
Clemson University is issuing a hiring freeze to go with 'mission critical' pause on spending
Mar. 25, 2025 - Clemson University has issued a hiring freeze and travel ban, citing economic uncertainties.
San Diego State implements hiring freeze amid federal and state funding concerns
Mar. 24, 2025 - San Diego State University is implementing a hiring freeze effective immediately as the university looks to reduce its budget amid federal and state funding concerns.