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.
Higher Ed News
Penn releases regular decision results for Class of 2029 after receiving 72,000 applications
Mar. 28, 2025 - Over 72,000 students applied to Penn this year, marking an increase from last year’s applicant pool of over 65,000.
Yale admits 4.59 percent of applicants, marking slight uptick in acceptance rate
Mar. 27, 2025 - Yale College admitted 2,308 applications from a pool of 50,227 to the class of 2029. An additional 943 were offered a spot on the waitlist.
Brown University admits 5.65% of applicants to class of 2029
Mar. 27, 2025 - Brown saw a noticeable decrease in the number of applicants with 42,765 applying this cycle, 37,717 during regular decision and 5,048 during early decision.
Columbia College, SEAS see slight increase in acceptance rate for class of 2029
Mar. 27, 2025 - Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science admitted 4.29 percent of applicants for the class of 2029, accepting 2,557 students from a pool of 59,616 applications.
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.
Amid dropping reading levels, professors find new ways to engage in a shifting classroom
Mar. 26, 2025 - Since the pandemic, student reading levels have dropped, showing little sign of recovery.
Notre Dame acceptance rate drops to 9%
Mar. 24, 2025 - Notre Dame announced regular decision admissions for the class of 2029 Thursday. This admission cycle saw over 5,000 more applications than last year and a 2% decrease in the admission rate.
‘You can’t create 18-year-olds’: What can colleges do amid demographic upheaval?
Mar. 27, 2025 - Raising retention and attendance rates, and accommodating diverse student bodies, could take on existential importance as the number of traditional-age students falls.
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.
UToronto | Melanie Woodin named U of T’s 17th president
Mar. 26, 2025 - Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named the University of Toronto’s 17th president.
Harvard | Understanding AI Vulnerabilities
Mar. 21, 2025 - As artificial intelligence capabilities evolve, so too will the tactics used to exploit them.
A new way to make graphs more accessible to blind and low-vision readers
Mar. 25, 2025 - Designed to help blind and low-vision readers understand graphics, the “Tactile Vega-Lite” system from MIT CSAIL converts data into a standard visual graph and a tactile chart.
Over 3 million applicants’ data leaked on NYU’s website
Mar. 22, 2025 - A hacker took over NYU’s website for at least two hours Saturday morning to expose over 3 million applicants’ names, test scores, majors and zip codes, as well as information related to family members and financial aid dating back to at least 1989.
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.