US EditionResearchers in limbo as Columbia bows to Trump in bid to restore federal funding
- President Donald Trump canceled $400 million in funding to Columbia University over its handling of student protests against Israel's war in Gaza, impacting researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the main campus.
- The funding cancellation stemmed from concerns about antisemitism on campus and Columbia University's handling of student protests, leading to a suspension of a National Institutes of Health grant.
- The funding cuts affected various research projects, including studies on curing cancer, COVID-19's impact on children, and rural water quality, as well as a program training teachers for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- Dr. Dani Dumitriu stated that there is no justifiable link for the federal government to put this kind of research in the line of fire for the goal of mitigating antisemitism at a different location.
- Columbia University bowed to the Republican administration's demands, announcing policy changes on Friday, including overhauling the student disciplinary process and adopting a new definition of antisemitism, while the AAUP and AFT filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, claiming the funding revocation violated free speech laws, leaving researchers in limbo as they try to salvage their projects.
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George Will: Government and universities battle in a contest of bad behavior
The Trump administration’s coercion of Columbia University involved reciprocal misbehavior by the school and the government. This and other threatened punishment is probably a harbinger of further unlawful behavior by a lawless government against teaching institutions that are slow learners. George Will /Washington Post Columbia was dilatory and incompetent in dealing with demonstrations that disrupted education and created a hostile campus envi…
Columbia students and alumni protest university's agreement to Trump demands
Protests against Columbia University are breaking out after the school agreed to the Trump administration's demands to change its policies to restore federal funding. NBC News' Maya Eaglin reports on reactions from students and alumni from the School of International and Public Affairs.
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Columbia University at first appeared to have surrendered to President Trump’s demands that the New York school stop coddling antisemitic and anti-Israel demonstrators. The school announced it was buckling, not on principle, but because it wants the $400 million in…
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