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Update: Federal judge imposes preliminary injunction on NIH spending cuts - The Tufts Daily

Mar. 11, 2025 - U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley imposed a preliminary injunction on the National Institutes of Health, preventing the cuts on indirect medical research costs from taking effect nationwide.

Update: Federal judge imposes preliminary injunction on NIH spending cuts - The Tufts Daily

NIH cancels $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of $400 million Trump administration cut

Mar. 11, 2025 - The National Institutes of Health announced that the agency is cancelling $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of the Trump administration’s $400 million cut to University funding.

NIH cancels $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of $400 million Trump administration cut

Education Department announces massive layoffs, slashing nearly half its workforce

Mar. 11, 2025 - The agency’s employee count will plummet from 4,133 when President Donald Trump was inaugurated to about 2,183.

Education Department announces massive layoffs, slashing nearly half its workforce

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.

NASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadline

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.

Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts

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.

Faculty Searches in Limbo As Freeze Interrupts Hiring Processes Across Harvard

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.”

Olinto mandates in-person classes and exams amid ICE presence around campus

Lamont cuts spending at CT public colleges, other agencies

Mar. 10, 2025 - Gov. Ned Lamont took $41 million from more than a dozen agencies, including more than $6 million from public colleges and universities he pledged to shield

Lamont cuts spending at CT public colleges, other agencies

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research

Mar. 10, 2025 - More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research

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.

Pitt institutes hiring freeze at least through June in response to funding uncertainties

DOGE-mandated cuts targeted staff at a Native American college. A lawsuit fights back

Mar. 10, 2025 - Federal layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University disrupted classes, financial aid and the women's basketball team. Now, tribes and students have sued, saying the cuts broke treaty obligations.

DOGE-mandated cuts targeted staff at a Native American college. A lawsuit fights back

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.

How the NIH dominates the world’s health research — in charts

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.

Education Department warns 60 colleges it could take action over antisemitism concerns

‘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.

‘America can’t be great without great science. That is where the Academies can help.’

Harvard Announces Hiring Freeze

Mar. 10, 2025 - Amid funding uncertainties, the University prepares for austerity.

Harvard Announces Hiring Freeze

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.

UWashington | Working together to address the financial risks facing our University

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.

Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control'

Scott Delaney: Google Sheet to track NIH grant cancellations

Mar. 7, 2025 - NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.

Scott Delaney: Google Sheet to track NIH grant cancellations

NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders

Mar. 7, 2025 - Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.

NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders

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.

Notre Dame announces hiring freeze ‘effective immediately’

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.

Trump administration cuts $400 million in federal funding to Columbia

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.

Duke Arts & Sciences Council addresses federal funding cuts, details implementation of new Constellations, Century Courses

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.

Department of Justice to investigate antisemitism claims against the University of California

MIT Biology graduate program reduces incoming PhD class size by 20% | The Tech

Mar. 6, 2025 - The reduction is due to “uncertainty in the federal funding environment.”

MIT Biology graduate program reduces incoming PhD class size by 20% | The Tech

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.

Tougher H-1B Visa Scrutiny Anticipated as Annual Lottery Opens

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.

Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"

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.

Michael Crow speaks on CRU at ASU, science funding, inclusivity, men's basketball

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.

SU to assess DEIA programs, resources for compliance with federal law

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.

US colleges returning to campus sexual assault rules created during Trump's first term

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.

Yale to curb faculty raises, hiring, construction as Trump imperils funding