How the NIH dominates the world’s health research — in charts
Mar. 10, 2025 - Abrupt cuts by the Trump administration to the US National Institutes of Health threaten progress in medical research globally.
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
NASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadline
Mar. 11, 2025 - Top advisers in the Office of the Chief Scientist are among the first to go amid downsizing effort.
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Mar. 11, 2025 - Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
UWashington | Working together to address the financial risks facing our University
Mar. 9, 2025 - Given the challenges we now face at the federal and state levels, we expect that some level of budget cuts will become necessary, and the time has now come to expand our financial sustainability efforts.
Pitt institutes hiring freeze at least through June in response to funding uncertainties
Mar. 10, 2025 - The freeze will remain in place through the end of the current fiscal year (June 30) and may be extended into the next fiscal year.
Faculty Searches in Limbo As Freeze Interrupts Hiring Processes Across Harvard
Mar. 11, 2025 - Harvard’s imposition of a hiring freeze interrupted faculty hiring processes across the University, leaving professors scrambling to figure out how to fill vacancies — and how to keep their departments’ work running if they can’t.
Olinto mandates in-person classes and exams amid ICE presence around campus
Mar. 11, 2025 - University Provost Angela Olinto wrote that all classes and exams must continue in person as scheduled in a Monday morning email to Columbia faculty obtained by Spectator, urging “generosity and mutual patience as we navigate this together.”
Education Department warns 60 colleges it could take action over antisemitism concerns
Mar. 10, 2025 - The letters escalate the Trump administration’s scrutiny of how colleges are handling student protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
‘America can’t be great without great science. That is where the Academies can help.’
Mar. 10, 2025 - Recent actions by the federal government affecting agencies that fund science in the United States have sent shock waves through the research community.
Harvard Announces Hiring Freeze
Mar. 10, 2025 - Amid funding uncertainties, the University prepares for austerity.
ASU changes LGBTQ+ resources on University webpages
Mar. 5, 2025 - ASU quietly changed LGBTQ+ resources on multiple websites and redirected the links to a page for the Rainbow Coalition, a student-led coalition that advocates for the LGBTQ+ community on campus.
Notre Dame announces hiring freeze ‘effective immediately’
Mar. 7, 2025 - The university cited recent executive orders and federal agency directives, saying changes on the horizon have a direct bearing on Notre Dame’s finances.
Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control'
Mar. 8, 2025 - Last year, the school brought in about 130 students, said Beth Sullivan, who oversees the school’s 17 biomedical Ph.D. programs.
‘Perplexing and distressing’: Johns Hopkins warns of budget cuts amid Trump-era funding chaos
Mar. 5, 2025 - The institution is grappling with the “unexpected stoppage” of $800 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Tougher H-1B Visa Scrutiny Anticipated as Annual Lottery Opens
Mar. 6, 2025 - US businesses looking to add high-skilled foreign talent on H-1Bs face the potential for stringent scrutiny from the Trump administration if they come out on top of the annual lottery for the specialty occupation visas.
Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"
Mar 6, 2025 - The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' conduct and speech.
Trump administration cuts $400 million in federal funding to Columbia
Mar. 7, 2025 - The cuts come just days after the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism announced it was considering stop work orders on $51.4 million in contracts with the University.
Michael Crow speaks on CRU at ASU, science funding, inclusivity, men's basketball
Mar. 6, 2025 - According to Crow, it's too early to tell what exactly the impact of the federal government cuts will be.
SU to assess DEIA programs, resources for compliance with federal law
Mar. 6, 2025 - SU administrators said they will conduct reviews of its programs, but reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining a welcoming community.
Duke Arts & Sciences Council addresses federal funding cuts, details implementation of new Constellations, Century Courses
Mar. 7, 2025 - Gary Bennett, dean of the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, and Executive Vice President Daniel Ennis spoke to the council about possible financial threats to Duke in light of recent federal funding cuts.
US colleges returning to campus sexual assault rules created during Trump's first term
Updated Mar. 6, 2025 - The Trump administration restored an interpretation of Title IX regulations from President Donald Trump’s first term, affecting how schools — including Duke — handle sexual assault allegations.
Department of Justice to investigate antisemitism claims against the University of California
Mar. 7, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Justice announced the launch of an investigation into allegations of antisemitism at the University of California under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
Brown reduces PhD admission targets, warns of potential layoffs amid ongoing federal threats
Mar. 5, 2025 - President Christina Praxson warned of potential staff layoffs and financial steps that could be taken as the federal political landscape continues to change.
Yale to curb faculty raises, hiring, construction as Trump imperils funding
Mar. 6, 2025 - The University will draft a constrained budget for the 2026 fiscal year in anticipation of federal policies reducing revenue.
University Hiring Pause | Human Resources | The University of Vermont
Mar. 4, 2025 - The university will pause general hiring for all long-term faculty, staff and postdoctoral positions for 60 days.
Updates on federal government directives impacting Emory
Mar. 5, 2025 - "With potential changes in university funding looming, Emory must take prudent measures to prepare for what may be a significant disruption to our finances."
Trump preparing to sign order to dismantle Education Department | CNN Politics
Mar. 6, 2025 - The president could sign the order as early as Thursday. He would need support from Congress to get it done.
University of Michigan braces for funding cuts as feds terminate Social Security project
Mar. 3, 2025 - The Social Security Administration said that it would be ending its cooperative agreements supporting the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium.
Johns Hopkins University | Our bond at a moment of challenge
Mar. 4, 2025 - "As we have been in the past, we are resolute in our commitment to facing the challenges before us together as one university."
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Mar. 6, 2025 - Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.