Paxson solicits donations, political support for research funding in email to Brown alums, affiliates
Apr. 30, 2025 - The letter asks alums and community members to contact congressional representatives and donate to a new Brown Resilience Fund.
Higher Ed Policy and Budget Announcements
Duke University offers buyouts and signals future layoffs as federal cuts hit
Apr. 30, 2025 - The institution signaled that layoffs were likely in the coming months.
School of Humanities and Sciences told to prepare for budget cuts
Apr. 30, 2025 - Stanford’s seven schools had been asked by Provost Jenny Martinez to model budget cuts and submit “high-level plans” for their implementation. H&S’s planning exercise involves modeling a 10% and 15% cut to general funds and a 10% cut to endowment funds.
Harvard Sends International Students’ Info to DHS, Does Not Specify What Records Were Shared
Apr. 30, 2025 - Harvard shared data with the Department of Homeland Security in response to its request for information on international students’ disciplinary records and illegal activity.
Princeton Alumni-led fund aims to replace $210 million in funding cuts
Apr. 29, 2025 - An alumnus-led fund started by Patrick Ho ’08 seeks to replace $210 million in federal research cuts to Princeton.
AAU, Associations Send Letter in Opposition to the Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan
Apr. 29, 2025 - The overwhelming majority of provisions in the bill would reduce student aid to low-income students and would impose onerous financial penalties on institutions, particularly those least able to meet them.
The 100 days that shook U.S. science
Apr. 30, 2025 - Trump’s chaotic push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences.
If NSF Snoozes, Then TACC’s “Horizon” Supercomputer Loses
Apr. 30, 2025 - It is a tumultuous time for any agency in the US government or any company or organization that depends on the US government for a sizable portion of its.
Mohsen Mahdawi — the Columbia student arrested at his citizenship appointment — speaks
Apr. 30, 2025 - Speaking to NPR in his first media interview since his detention, lawful permanent U.S. resident Mohsen Mahdawi finds peace in meditation and hopes "America will fulfill its promise."
A CU professor got a grant to teach kids about artificial intelligence. Then the National Science Foundation abruptly killed it
Apr. 29, 2025 - The grant proposal contained the word “misinformation” -- and the professor thinks that’s why the project was killed.
Trump administration pulls research funding for 23 CU Boulder projects
Apr. 29, 2025 - The projects were funded through the National Science Foundation.
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
Apr. 29, 2025 - The White House is expected to propose a budget for 2026 that would slash investments in science across the federal government.
Pitt loses another $1 million research grant: 'These letters are driving fear'
Apr. 28, 2025 - The three-year research project aimed to help 1,500 middle school students become computer literate.
University of Pennsylvania violated Title IX, Education Department charges
Apr. 28, 2025 - The agency has been threatening education institutions with the loss of federal funding if they allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.
Johns Hopkins announces new research investments to help those affected by federal policy changes
Apr. 28, 2025 - Wide-ranging support targets faculty, staff, and students whose research activities have been affected by unexpected grant terminations, delays, or other interruptions
Immigration status restored for all affected NYU students
Apr. 28, 2025 - The federal government reactivated immigration statuses for all NYU students affected by the Trump administration’s crackdown on noncitizens.
Harvard Renames Diversity Office As Trump Demands Dismantling of DEI
Apr. 28, 2025 - Harvard will immediately rename its Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging to “Community and Campus Life."
Wisconsin joins lawsuit challenging cuts to federal education funding over DEI
Apr. 28, 2025 - Wisconsin and 18 other states filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the Trump administration’s threats to cut funding for school districts that do not end diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Immigration records for Brown students, recent grads reinstated
Apr. 28, 2025 - The students impacted by the visa revocations earlier this month had their status reactivated on Saturday.
UWisconsin-Madison Update on SEVIS terminations
Apr. 28, 2025 - UW-Madison can report that as of April 26, all 27 of its international students and alumni affected by SEVIS record terminations have been returned to active status.
Immigration status records restored for four Yale students
Apr. 27, 2025 - The federal government reactivated the visitor status records of all four Yale students whose records were previously terminated in a Department of Homeland Security database.
Hundreds more NSF grants terminated after agency director resigns
Apr. 25, 2025 - Sethuraman Panchanathan abruptly leaves helm of US funding agency after Elon Musk’s DOGE arrives.
Big Ten faculties ask their administrations to sign a joint defense pact against Trump
Apr. 25, 2025 - The potential pact would mark an escalation in resistance from universities to President Trump's push for them to follow his agenda.
How the Harvard Undergraduate Association Spends Half a Million Dollars a Year
Apr. 25, 2025 - More than 400 student clubs apply for funding from the HUA at the start of each semester, and the HUA divides around half a million dollars, among them.
Northwestern to receive over $220 million from foreign contracts, gifts made since 2020
Apr. 25, 2025 - Contributions have been made since 2020 amid deepening woes over the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign funding at universities.
Three Penn affiliates’ visas reinstated amid federal policy reversal
Apr. 25, 2025 - The reactivations come as the Trump administration walked back its cancellation of over 1,500 student visas nationwide on April 25.
1,433 students sign letter urging Yale to publicly resist Trump
Apr. 25, 2025 - Co-authored with the YCC and GSA, the letter calls on the University to defend academic freedom, institutional autonomy and the safety of students.
Research Funding at Brown
Apr. 25, 2025 - The Herald’s data desk dove into federal and institutional data to understand how research is funded at Brown.
Three weeks after Trump cut Princeton’s funding, no demands have been publicly issued. Here’s what we know.
Apr. 25, 2025 - Princeton has still yet to receive any demands, yet the $210 million in federal funding paused on April 1 remains frozen.
Harvard Management Company Plans $1 Billion Sale of Private Equity Stakes
Apr. 25, 2025 - Harvard Management Company is planning to sell nearly $1 billion of private equity fund stakes, liquidating nearly 5 percent of its private equity portfolio amid mounting threats to the University’s finances by its critics in Washington.