UMD researchers left with uncertain future after NSF cuts 14 grants (May 12)
https://dbknews.com/2025/05/12/umd-researchers-nsf-trump-grants/
topics: local, research funding, federal funding, University of Maryland College Park, National Science Foundation, data
College Park Starbucks workers go on strike, protest labor practices (May 13)
https://dbknews.com/2025/05/13/college-park-strike-labor-practices/
topics: local, Maryland, unions, strikes, students
University of Maryland, Baltimore, will lay off employees, reduce salaries amid budget crisis (May 12)
topics: regional, Maryland, universities, University of Maryland Baltimore, layoffs
Why UMich postdoctoral fellows are forming a union (May 13)
https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-eds/why-umich-postdoctoral-fellows-are-forming-a-union/
topics: national, universities, post-doctoral fellows, unions, University of Michigan
Mount Holyoke union calls for improved wages, immigrant protections (May 13)
topics: national, unions, Mount Holyoke College
Rümeysa Öztürk comes home, speaks at press conference in Boston (May 11)
topics: national, universities, students, visa revocations, Tufts University
Harvard Adds to Legal Complaint Against Trump Administration (May 13)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/harvard-trump-lawsuit.html
topics: national, universities, lawsuits against the federal government, Harvard University
Congress Grills College Presidents With an Old Script and New Threats (May 7)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/congress-hearing-college-presidents-haverford.html
topics: national, universities, protests, United States Congress
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is fired by Trump (May 8)
topics: national, libraries, Library of Congress
Why I’m Resigning from Positions at the National Science Foundation and Library of Congress (May 13)
https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/
topics: national, National Science Foundation, Library of Congress
NIH grant terminations under Trump have totaled at least $1.8 billion, analysis finds (May 8)
topics: national, research funding, federal funding
Federal employee unions fight for survival as Trump tries to eviscerate them (May 11)
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/11/nx-s1-5381156/trump-federal-workers-labor-union-collective-bargaining
topics: national, federal workers, unions
Trump officials silent as firefighters lobby to reopen training academy in Maryland (May 8)
topics: national, federal funding, National Fire Academy