UMD GSG hopes to support international students, fill vacant seats this year (September 16)
topics: Maryland, universities, graduate students, Graduate Student Government, University of Maryland College Park
About $30 million worth of UMD grants have been canceled (September 16)
topics: Maryland, research funding, federal funding, University of Maryland College Park
College Park officials brace for impact of federal facility closures (September 15)
topics: local, federal funding, federal workers, Department of Agriculture, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Maryland professors were targeted by Charlie Kirk. Now what? (September 13)
topics: Maryland, faculty, universities
Lifeline for first-generation Maryland students could be cut by Trump administration (September 12)
topics: Maryland, first-generation college students, pre-college programs, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Frostburg State University, Updward Bound, TRIO
Cuts, uncertainty over NIH grants disrupt innovation in health fields, researchers say (September 15)
topics: national, research funding, federal funding, National Institutes of Health, UMD-REACH, actions targeting DEI programs
UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for ‘financial coercion’ over UCLA cuts (September 16)
topics: national, universities, faculty, university employees, unions, University of California, lawsuits against the federal government, AAUP
Trump Admin. Cancels Dozens More Grants, Hitting Civics, Arts, and Higher Ed. (September 16)
topics: national, federal funding, pre-college programs, Education Department
U.S. Education Department boosts funds for HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools (September 16)
topics: national, federal funding, universities, HBCUs, tribal colleges and universities, Education Department
More than 10,000 college support workers go on strike across Ontario (September 11)
topics: international, strikes, unions, universities, university employees, Ontario Public Service Employees Union
No LIRR strike this week as unions seek federal mediation, delaying potential job action by months (September 15)
topics: national, strikes, unions, collective action, Long Island Rail Road, LIRR Bargaining Coalition, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
How California reached the unthinkable: A union deal with tech giants (September 14)
topics: national, Uber, Lyft, gig workers, unions, SEIU, California Labor Federation
Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP)
topics: national, federal funding, research funding, data