The Trump administration has withdrawn research grants worth hundreds of millions from multiple universities. The sudden stoppage of federal dollars has thrown campuses into turmoil — upending budgets and threatening jobs at institutions that employ and educate tens of thousands.
“.. a lot of what has been broken in the last six to eight weeks is not repairable,” said Dr. Judd Walson, who chairs the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s department of international health ..”@wsj.com www.wsj.com/health/healt…
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2025-03-12T00:48:34.415Z
- Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts [The Wall Street Journal]
I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System. This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine. Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
— Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (@chelliepingree.bsky.social) 2025-03-11T16:56:45.368Z
- USDA halts millions in funding for University of Maine System [Portland Press Herald]
The AAUP wholly condemns this punitive weaponization of federal grant funding. This attempt to discipline & control a university campus is a transparent hallmark of authoritarian rule & harshly violates the central mission of education to serve the public good. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n…
- White House Cancels $400 Million in Grants and Contracts to Columbia [The New York Times]