2025 Policy and Budget Announcements

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Chris Simmons discusses Duke University response to federal policy changes at GPSG meeting

Mar. 19, 2025 - VP for Government Relations, Chris Simmons, noted that in the past six weeks, the University has not received a single new research grant from the National Institutes of Health.

#Duke University #Trump #NIH

Chris Simmons discusses Duke University response to federal policy changes at GPSG meeting

UCCS being investigated for “race-exclusionary practices”

Mar. 18, 2025 - The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is among 45 universities being investigated by the Department of Education (DOE) for “race-exclusionary practices.”

#UCCS #Department of Education #DEI #Trump

UCCS being investigated for “race-exclusionary practices”

UT System Board of Regents bans drag shows from university campuses

Mar. 18, 2025 - “All activities at UT institutions are expected to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws and executive orders, including any restrictions on the use of public funds.”

#UT Austin #UT El Paso #UT San Antonio #UTSA #Trump #DEI

UT System Board of Regents bans drag shows from university campuses

Education Department investigates Emory over race-based discrimination

Mar. 18, 2025 - OCR initiated its investigation on March 14, citing allegations that graduate programs engaged in university partnerships and diversity initiatives that may involve “racial preferences and stereotypes.”

#Emory University #DEI #Trump #Department of Education

Education Department investigates Emory over race-based discrimination

Penn issues guidance to University community warning of potential travel ban, visa revocations

Mar. 18, 2025 - The March 18 message reaffirmed Penn’s commitment to supporting international members of the University community and issued recommendations to impacted individuals.

#UPenn #Trump

Penn issues guidance to University community warning of potential travel ban, visa revocations

Final FY 2025 R&D Appropriations | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Mar. 18, 2025 - Last week's deal to fund the government through Sept. 30 will likely result in a 3.7% cut from the estimated FY24 funding levels for federal research and development.

#Trump #higher ed #funding

Final FY 2025 R&D Appropriations | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

The Trump Administration Cut Cancer and Alzheimer’s Research Funding …

Mar. 18, 2025 - The termination of more than 400 NIH grants to Columbia University over its handling of Gaza protests will directly impact Alzheimer's and cancer research

#Trump #Columbia University #NIH #biomedical

The Trump Administration Cut Cancer and Alzheimer’s Research Funding …

“We have the right to determine our own missions” | Mount Holyoke College

Mar. 18, 2025 - President Danielle R. Holley defended universities’ right to autonomy. “The government really has some serious restrictions under the First Amendment about telling us what our values and missions can be.”

#Trump #Mount Holyoke College #DEI

“We have the right to determine our own missions” | Mount Holyoke College

Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution

Mar. 18, 2025 - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution in an order that blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from making further cuts to the agency.

#USAID #Trump

Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution

EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees

Mar. 18, 2025 - The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research program and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rules safeguarding human health and the environment.

#EPA #research #Trump

EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees

Princeton alumni in federal agencies speak out after being fired by DOGE

Mar. 18, 2025 - Princeton alumni in federal agencies who currently work or have recently been fired from their positions reflect on DOGE’s practices.

#Princeton #Trump

Princeton alumni in federal agencies speak out after being fired by DOGE

Penn received over $1 billion in federal funding in 2024

Mar. 18, 2025 - The DP used United States Department of the Treasury data to measure federal funding distributed to Penn and its affiliates in fiscal year 2024.

#data #funding #NIH #NSF #UPenn

Penn received over $1 billion in federal funding in 2024

Brown University Tells International Students, Staff to Avoid Travel Abroad

Mar. 18, 2025 - The advice followed the deportation of a professor with a work visa who was denied re-entry to the U.S. after visiting family members in Lebanon.

#Brown #Trump

Brown University Tells International Students, Staff to Avoid Travel Abroad

Bunker Hill Community College cancels study abroad programs over Trump immigration actions

Mar. 17, 2025 - Bunker Hill Community College is canceling all of its short-term summer study abroad programs this year.

#Bunker Hill Community College #Trump

Bunker Hill Community College cancels study abroad programs over Trump immigration actions

DOGE order leads to journal cancellations by U.S. agricultural library

Mar. 17, 2025 - “We can’t do science without these,” one researcher says of the hundreds of journals no longer accessible

#Trump #research #USDA

DOGE order leads to journal cancellations by U.S. agricultural library

Trump administration can enforce anti-DEI orders, appeals court rules

Mar. 17, 2025 - The three-judge panel lifted a lower court’s preliminary injunction that had blocked major portions of two executive orders.

#Trump #DEI #higher ed #K12

Trump administration can enforce anti-DEI orders, appeals court rules

Education Department to investigate NYU for ‘illegal’ DEI partnership

Mar. 17, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education will investigate NYU for alleged civil rights violations.

#NYU #DEI #Department of Education #Trump

Education Department to investigate NYU for ‘illegal’ DEI partnership

Penn launches website to track federal policy changes, monitor impacts on University

Mar. 17, 2025 - The new website intends to centralize updates on ongoing federal actions impacting higher education, research funding, immigration, and other essential areas of Penn's operations.

#UPenn #Trump #DEI

Penn launches website to track federal policy changes, monitor impacts on University

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News

Mar. 16, 2025 - Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promising field of medical research.

#NIH #Trump #biomedical

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News

Brown University professor, doctor deported to Lebanon despite federal judge’s orders

Mar. 16, 2025 - Assistant Professor of Medicine Rasha Alawieh has been deported and is now in Lebanon.

#Brown #Trump

Brown University professor, doctor deported to Lebanon despite federal judge’s orders

Full list of 43 countries on Donald Trump's draft travel ban

Mar. 15, 2025 - The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for citizens of dozens of countries.

#Trump

Full list of 43 countries on Donald Trump's draft travel ban

Department of Education initiates investigation into Notre Dame DEI programs

Mar. 15, 2025 - The University of Notre Dame was included on a list of 50 schools to be investigated by the U.S. Department of Education for race-based discrimination in their graduate programs.

#Notre Dame #Department of Education #Trump #DEI #graduate

Department of Education initiates investigation into Notre Dame DEI programs

Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education

Mar. 14, 2025 - The investigations come amid allegations that these institutions have violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964) by partnering with “The Ph.D. Project."

#Trump #graduate #higher ed #Arizona State University #Boise State University #Cal Poly Humboldt #California State University San Bernadino #Carnegie Mellon University #Clemson #Duke University #Emory University #George Mason #Georgetown University #MIT #Montana State University Bozeman #NYU #Rice University #Rutgers #Ohio State University #Towson University #Tulane University #University of Arkansas Fayetteville #UC Berkeley #UChicago #University of Cincinnati #UCCS #University of Delaware #university of kansas #University of Kentucky #University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #University of Minnesota #university of nebraska #University of New Mexico #University of North Dakota #University of North Texas #Notre Dame #UNV Las Vegas #University of Oregon #University of Rhode Island #University of Utah #University of Washington #University of Wisconsin-Madison #University of Wyoming #Vanderbilt #Washington State University #WUSL #Yale #Grand Valley State University #Ithaca College #University of Alabama #University of South Florida #University of Oklahoma #DEI

Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education

BU under investigation by US Education Department for antisemitic discrimination

Mar. 14, 2025 - Boston University is one of 60 universities under investigation by the United States Department of Education for Title VI violations “relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination."

#Boston University #Trump

BU under investigation by US Education Department for antisemitic discrimination

UW-Madison under federal investigation for DEI efforts

Mar. 14, 2025 - The University of Wisconsin-Madison is among 45 universities under federal investigation by U.S. Department of Education for DEI efforts and alleged Title VI violations.

#University of Wisconsin-Madison #DEI #Trump

UW-Madison under federal investigation for DEI efforts

Trump cuts trigger hiring freezes at New York colleges with medical research in jeopardy

Mar. 13, 2025 - New York colleges and universities are freezing hiring and warning that President Trump’s federal cuts endanger the very existence of their research programs.

#NYU #Cornell #CUNY City College #CUNY Graduate Center #University of Rochester #Syracuse University #NIH #Trump #Stony Brook University #USAID #DEI

Trump cuts trigger hiring freezes at New York colleges with medical research in jeopardy

University launches new research support program

Mar. 13, 2025 - The University of Michigan is initiating a new research funding program that provides temporary support for qualified researchers who have received federal grant and contract stop-work orders.

#funding #University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #Trump

University launches new research support program

Kentucky lawmakers vote to ban DEI spending at public colleges

Mar. 13, 2025 - Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is unlikely to sign the bill, but Republican lawmakers hold a veto-proof supermajority in the Legislature.

#Kentucky #higher ed #DEI #politics

Kentucky lawmakers vote to ban DEI spending at public colleges

Johns Hopkins’ aid groups to lay off nearly 2,000 amid Trump cuts

Mar. 13, 2025 - Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs, global aid groups affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, have begun layoffs and a reorganization as millions in federal funding from USAID is cut off.

#USAID #JHU #Trump

Johns Hopkins’ aid groups to lay off nearly 2,000 amid Trump cuts

Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year

Mar. 13, 2025 - Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.

#Columbia University #Trump #politics

Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year