University System of Maryland authorizes schools to furlough employees, reduce salaries (June 9)
[previously reported in May – new Diamondback coverage features comments from UAM and AFSCME]
https://dbknews.com/2025/06/09/usm-authorizes-furloughs-salary-reductions/
topics: Maryland, University of Maryland College Park, university employees, compensation
Maryland college tuition is set to rise this year. Here’s how much. (June 4)
topics: Maryland, universities, students, tuition
GU Recommends Incoming Students From Banned Countries Defer Enrollment, Warns Current Students Not to Leave US (June 7)
topics: regional, universities, Georgetown University, international students
Hopkins’ dimming DEI efforts worry students who feel left behind (June 11)
topics: Maryland, universities, students, Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland seek to join Harvard lawsuit against Trump over funding (June 6)
UMD joins 17 universities to back Harvard on federal funding lawsuit (June 9)
https://dbknews.com/2025/06/09/umd-harvard-federal-funding-lawsuit/
topics: Maryland, national, universities, lawsuits against the federal government, federal funding, University of Maryland College Park, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland Baltimore, Harvard University
Grad Union Asks Harvard To Fund Noncitizens’ Legal Expenses, Limit ICE Agents’ Entry to Campus (June 11)
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/6/11/hgsu-noncitizen-workers-proposal/
topics: national, graduate students, international students, university employees, Harvard University, Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers
Williams College temporarily declines new NIH, NSF grant funding over Trump administration DEI rules (June 10)
topics: national, universities, federal funding, research funding, Williams College
Japanese universities step up to help international students after Harvard ban (June 7)
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/07/japan/society/harvard-ban-japan-universities/
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative (May 2025)
topics: international, universities, international students, American students, doctoral students
United States: International student visa suspension also affects African countries (June 11)
topics: international, universities, international students
Demonstrators rally in DC to protest ICE raids, California union leader’s arrest (June 9)
Labor unions rise up against Trump’s immigration plans after L.A. raids (June 10)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06/10/unions-immigration-los-angeles-trump/
‘Everybody stood up’: Why a union leader’s arrest galvanized California Democrats on immigration (June 9)
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/06/seiu-leader-detained-immigration-protest/
topics: national, local, unions, protests, SEIU California, American Federation of Teachers, United Auto Workers, AFL-CIO, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research (June 9)
Trump’s steep proposed cuts to medical research funding draw bipartisan flak (June 11)
topics: national, research funding, National Institutes of Health
Trump Bill’s Caps on Grad School Loans Could Worsen Doctor Shortage (June 9)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/health/trump-budget-student-loans-doctors.html
topics: national, universities, student loans, federal funding
Federal appeals court upholds order blocking Education Department closure (June 5)
topics: national, Department of Education, lawsuits against the federal government
Judge Rules Cuts at Institute of Museum and Library Services Allowed as Lawsuits Proceed (June 9)
topics: national, federal funding, lawsuits against the federal government, Institute of Museum and Library Services
Smithsonian to Conduct Wide Content Review Requested by Trump (June 10)
Smithsonian board to keep institution ‘free from political or partisan influence’ (June 10)
topics: national, Smithsonian Institution
White House Launches Another Assault on Science Funding (June 10)
topics: national, federal funding, research funding, National Science Foundation, Enivronmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Trump cuts would scrap USGS biological research arm (June 9)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-cuts-would-scrap-usgs-biological-research-arm/
topics: national, federal funding, research funding, United States Geological Survey
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired (June 11)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/climate-website-shut-down-noaa
topics: national, data, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fulbright board quits, claims Trump administration politicized scholarships (June 11)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/trump-fulbright-scholarships-foreign.html
topics: national, federal funding, students