UT Austin professors fear Trump administration’s funding cuts will derail life-saving research

If you only have a few seconds, read these lines: 42% of Hispanics in the United States fear that they or a loved one may be deported, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in March 2025. Fear has altered daily routines: 1 in 25 adults began to carry with them documents that prove their immigration status and 1 in 50 avoided using public services, such as medical care or contact with authorities.

TRIBUNE. In a forum at the "World", foresight specialist Hugues de Jouvenel and physicist Pierre Papon point out that the injunctions and budget cuts of the American administration concern not only the human sciences, suspected of "wokism", but also strategic, if not vital, areas of "hard" sciences, such as health, the environment, energy and the climate.

UT Austin professors fear Trump administration’s funding cuts will derail life-saving research

The Trump administration has been slashing funding for a federal agency that supports biomedical research across the U.S. UT Austin professors say funding from the National Institutes of Health is essential for running their labs.

Black maternal health advocates, researchers press on amid federal funding cuts

Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, founder and director of the Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice at Tufts University, speaks at the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Black maternal health advocates and researchers worry about federal funding cuts. (Courtesy of Birthlooms) Before everything went black, Tamika Jackson felt like she was drowning. While in labor giving birth to her baby boy, her body felt heavy and her breaths sh…

Federal Freezes on Research Grants Affect Science Professors and Students

Professors with research grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health are facing uncertainty.