UMD community members demand university protects international students at office protest
Apr. 1, 2025 - The protest aimed to ensure this university is setting up a system to inform international students about their statuses.
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
Stanford President and Provost address campus uncertainty
Apr. 1, 2025 - President Jon Levin and Provost Jenny Martinez wrote to students on Monday with a message of support for the academic freedom of the University, given recent federal challenges.
Widespread job cuts begin at health agencies
Apr. 1, 2025 - The layoffs and reorganization efforts reflect the extent to which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is willing to go to remake the country's public health infrastructure.
WSU to pause hiring and non-essential travel amid financial crunch
Mar. 31, 2025 - WSU said they are making a "proactive move intended to ensure Washington State University continues to fulfill its historic mission during financially uncertain times."
Trump administration suspends USDA grants for College of Menominee Nation in Wisconsin
Mar. 31, 2025 - U.S. Department of Agriculture grants that fund tribal colleges and universities in Wisconsin and beyond have vanished.
NSF has awarded almost 50% fewer grants since Trump took office
Mar. 31, 2025 - The reasons aren’t clear—and the agency’s director claims the president’s policies haven’t slowed grant awards.
GW researchers lose five NIH grants amid federal funding cuts
Mar. 31, 2025 - The National Institutes of Health has canceled at least five GW research grants this month, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say
Mar. 31, 2025 - Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
Northwestern faces another congressional investigation
Mar. 31, 2025 - This time, a committee argues that legal clinics at the law school are using tax dollars to “engage in progressive-left political advocacy.”
Ohio and Kentucky enact laws banning DEI at public colleges
Mar. 31, 2025 - Conservative lawmakers in both states successfully pushed through the bills after failed attempts in previous years.
Harvard University faces $9B federal funding review
Mar. 31, 2025 - The investigation into the Ivy League institution is the largest yet by the Trump administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.
Catholic Relief Services hit by USAID budget cuts
Mar. 31, 2025 - Catholic Relief Services, a longtime partner of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, has lost 62% of their funding with the recent federal budget cuts.
UMich faces critical student backlash after eliminating DEI
Mar. 31, 2025 - Student organizations condemned the University ending DEI in a critical joint statement, saying that it represented the submission to federal attacks on higher education.
Trump Administration To Review Billions in Federal Funding to Harvard
Mar. 31, 2025 - Three federal agencies announced a review of more than $250 million in federal grants and contracts to Harvard as part of an ongoing investigation into the University by the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism.
Columbia, Trump, and $400 million: 25 years ago and now
Mar. 31, 2025 - Although the decision was made this month, Trump’s conflict with Columbia dates back 25 years.
Brown administrators clarify immigration enforcement policies, address research funding cuts
Mar. 31, 2025 - The letter follows the deportation of Assistant Professor Rasha Alawieh and cuts to federal funding at Columbia and Penn.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center will cut at least $250M as federal government slashes health spending
Mar. 30, 2025 - CEO Jeff Balser informed his staff about the reductions in a video this week.
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
Mar. 30, 2025 - Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.
Trump returned to office 10 weeks ago. Here’s how his policies have reshaped Penn.
Mar. 30, 2025 - Ten weeks into Trump’s second presidential term, The Daily Pennsylvanian compiled the impacts of federal policy changes on Penn and examined how the University has responded.
The Northwestern Graduate School replaces Diversity Office with Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Success
Mar. 29. 2025 - This restructuring represents the latest episode in the erasure of diversity, equity and inclusion practices at NU.
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.
Yale refutes ICE presence rumors but releases law enforcement guide, restricts building access
Mar. 29, 2025 - Yale Public Safety announced that campus building access will be restricted to ID holders.
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.
Trump administration pulls waiver that supported undocumented college students in Oregon, California
Mar. 28, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education has revoked waivers that allowed colleges and universities in Oregon and California to provide services to undocumented students through federal funds.
Harvard Dismisses Leaders of Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Mar. 28, 2025 - Interim Harvard Dean of Social Science dismissed the director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, professor of Turkish Studies Cemal Kafadar, and its associate director, History professor Rosie Bsheer.
Where Are State DOGE Groups? A Map of Efficiency Initiatives
Mar. 28, 2025 - A tracker of the evolving landscape of state government efficiency initiatives, distinguishing between those directly inspired by federal DOGE directives and independent programs.
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.
These US labs risk imminent closure after Trump cuts
Mar. 28, 2025 - US researchers who must forage for their own salary by finding grants fear they will be the first to go as federal research dollars disappear.
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.