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June 2025
Policy
- ［Policy] Historic House v. NCAA settlement gets final approval, allowing schools to pay college athletes
The Athletic, 06.06.25 - ［Policy] International students look to the U.K. instead of the U.S., as Trump squeezes visas
NPR.org, 06.06.25 - ［Policy] Trump preparing large-scale cancellation of federal funding for California, sources say
CNN, 06.06.25 - ［Policy] Trump Administration Proposes Deep Cuts to Tribal Colleges’ Funding
Inside Higher Ed, 06.06.25 - ［Policy] UC Berkeley researchers team up for first-of-its-kind lawsuit over Trump funding cuts
NBC News, 06.05.25 - ［Policy] Murphy plans to axe summer tuition aid for college students
NJSpotlight News, 06.04.25 - ［Policy] Making Space for International Students This Summer
Inside Higher Ed, 06.24.25 - ［Policy] Calling Out NIH for ‘Discrimination,’ Judge Orders Restoration of Canceled Grants
Inside Higher Ed, 06.17.25 - ［Policy] How Trump is reshaping global student mobility
The Pie News, 06.26.25
Education
- ［Education] Purdue Cuts Off Student Paper, Citing ‘Institutional Neutrality’
Inside Higher Ed, 06.06.25 - ［Education] More teens lean toward alternative postsecondary options
Higher Ed Dive, 06.05.25 - ［Education] UNC Asheville administrator out of job after she was filmed in undercover DEI video
The News&Observer, 06.04.25 - ［Education] Kids are ditching traditional college for career tech programs. Parents are concerned.
USA TODAY, 06.15.25 - ［Education] A new way to help some college students: Zero percent, no-fee loans
Hechinger Report, 06.10.25 - ［Education] Why the traditional college major may be holding students back in a rapidly changing job market
The Conversation, 06.30.25
Research
- ［Research] Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species
The Conversation, 06.06.25 - ［Research] How a Stanford breakthrough in lab-grown mini-hearts could change medical research
San Francisco Chronicle, 06.05.25 - ［Research] Alzheimer’s gene therapy shows promise in preserving cognitive function
University of California, 06.05.25 - ［Research] Private equity firm will finance Harvard research lab, in possible template for future
Stat News, 06.16.25 - ［Research] Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk
The Conversation, 06.16.25 - ［Research] Everything, everywhere, all at once: Inside the chaos of Alzheimer’s disease
Transmitter, 06.16.25 - ［Research] The hidden bias in college admissions tests: How standardized exams can favor privilege over potential
The Conversation, 06.17.25
May 2025
Policy
- ［Policy] NIH to update policies and practices guiding subawards
National Institutes of Health, 05.01.25 - ［Policy] International students in Alabama fearful after researcher with no political ties is detained
AP News, 05.01.25 - ［Policy] International students are rethinking coming to the U.S. That’s a problem for colleges
Inside Higher Ed, 05.01.25 - ［Policy] Documenting Trump’s ‘Arbitrary’ Cuts to Science
Inside Higher Ed, 05.06.25 - ［Policy] Withdrawal of Notices Inviting Application and Cancellation of the Competitions for the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program, Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Program, and Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) Fellowship Program
Federal Register, 05.09.25 - ［Policy] The future of student loan repayment, explained
NPR.org, 05.12.25 - ［Policy] Trump administration nixes another $450M of Harvard University’s grants
Higher Ed Dive, 05.13.25 - ［Policy] Education Department retracts CTE grants for Native American and Hawaiian students
Higher Ed Dive, 05.15.25 - ［Policy] Tribal colleges face uncertain future amid federal funding cuts
PBS.org, 05.20.25 - ［Policy] Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard
AP News, 05.23.25 - ［Policy] Rubio’s visa crunch has big consequences for public universities
Politico, 05.29.25
Education
- ［Education] U.S. Universities Eye Branch Campuses as Way to ‘Survive Trump’
Inside Higher Ed, 05.16.25 - ［Education] NYU Withholds Diploma Due to Pro-Palestinian Commencement Speech
Inside Higher Ed, 05.16.25 - ［Education] George Washington University student banned after pro-Palestian graduation speech
The Guardian, 05.21.25 - ［Education] College Board cancels award program for high-performing Black and Latino students
Hechinger Report, 05.23.25 - ［Education] U.K. Fund to Attract International Researchers Gets $40M
Inside Higher Ed, 05.23.25
Research
- ［Research] Not one, but two massive black holes are eating away at this galaxy
UC Berkeley News, 05.08.25 - ［Research] Study links maternal health risks during pregnancy to higher blood pressure in children
Keck School of Medicine of USC, 05.08.25 - ［Research] Wearable Smart Lactation Pad Detects Chemicals and Nutrients in Breast Milk
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, 05.12.25 - ［Research] From Sequence to Structure: A Fast Track for RNA Modeling
Berkeley Lab News, 05.13.25 - ［Research] Researchers uncovered hundreds of genes linked to OCD, providing clues about how it changes the brain − new research
The Conversation, 05.13.25 - ［Research] Infant born with deadly disease now thriving thanks to customized CRISPR treatment six months after birth
UC Berkeley News, 05.15.25 - ［Research] Molecular and genetic characterization of sex-linked orange coat color in the domestic cat
Current Biology, 05.19.25 - ［Research] College composting program turns cafeteria scraps to brown gold
Higher Ed Dive, 5/30/2025
April 2025
Policy
- ［Policy] Tribal Colleges Fear for Their Federal Funding
Inside Higher Ed, 04.01.25 - ［Policy] Trump administration suspends dozens of Princeton University’s research grants
Higher Ed Dive, 04.01.25 - ［Policy] Will Harvard lose its ability to enroll foreign students?
Higher Ed Dive, 04.17.25 - ［Policy] Why Florida’s public universities are collaborating with ICE
Vox, 04.22.25 - ［Policy] Teaching Gandhi in a Texas Detention Center
Newsline Mag, 04.23.25 - ［Policy] U.S. Restores Legal Status for Many International Students, but Warns of Removals to Come
New York Times, 04.25.25 - ［Policy] This State University Has a Plan to Take on Trump
New York Times, 04.30.35 - ［Policy] Columbia University vows to remove any future encampments
Higher Ed Dive, 04.24.30 - ［Policy] What Is SEVIS, and How Is the Government Using It to Go After International Students?
Inside Higher Ed, 04.22.30 - ［Policy] Researchers sue NIH over mass cuts to DEI grants
Higher Ed Dive, 04.03.25
Education
- ［Education] UC San Diego preps budget for up to a $500M hit from federal cuts
Higher Ed Dive, 04.04.25 - ［Education] Yugyeom shares lessons on growth, branding, and cultural exchange
USC Annenburg, 04.18.25 - ［Education] NIH staff instructed to freeze all funds to Brown, other institutions, per internal agency email
Brown Daily Herald, 04.18.25 - ［Education] Could a CSU’s dorm solution help fix California’s housing crisis?
San Francisco Chronicle, 04.20.25 - ［Education] Visa cancellations sow panic for international students, with more than 1,000 fearing deportation
AP News, 04.17.25
Research
- ［Research] Social media before bedtime wreaks havoc on our sleep − a sleep researcher explains why screens alone aren’t the main culprit
The Conversation, 04.08.25 - ［Research] Growing Risk of ‘Thirstwaves’ as the Planet Warms
Yale Environment 360, 04.09.25 - ［Research] Cancer research in the US is world class because of its broad base of funding − with the government pulling out, its future is uncertain
The Conversation, 04.28.30 - ［Research] Japanese women have long sacrificed their surnames in marriage − politics and demographics might change that
The Conversation, 04.25.25 - ［Research] Interest in US for postgrad study has plummeted, data shows
University World News, 04.22.25 - ［Research] How Researchers Could Get Their Canceled NIH Grants Back
Inside Higher Ed, 04.02.25
March 2025
Policy
- ［Policy] As Trump Goes After Universities, Students Are Now on the Chopping Block
The New York Times, 03.06.25 - ［Policy] Trump’s Cuts Threaten Key NSF Undergrad Research Program
Inside Higher Ed, 03.11.25 - ［Policy] Student loan borrowers misled by colleges were about to get relief. Trump fired people poised to help
Hechinger Report, 03.04.25 - ［Policy] Department of Justice investigates allegations of antisemitism at UC
EdSource, 03.05.25 - ［Policy] DOGE Education Cuts Hit Students with Disabilities, Literacy Research
The74, 03.09.25 - ［Policy] Columbia On Edge Following ICE’s Arrest of Former Student
Inside Higher Ed, 03.13.25 - ［Policy] Trump wants to deport foreign students like me. Universities must defy him
AlJazeera, 03.12.25 - ［Policy] Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vetoes bill to ban DEI at public colleges
Higher Ed Dive, 03.21.25 - ［Policy] How the Ph.D. Project, and 45 colleges, became a target of the Trump administration
NPR, 03.24.25 - ［Policy] Stanford and UC schools targeted by Trump administration, alleging they use racial quotas
San Francisco Chronicle, 03.27.25 - ［Policy] Exclusive: Trump’s “pro-Hamas” purge could block foreign students from colleges
Axios, 03.27.25 - ［Policy] U.S. Department of Education Revokes Waivers to California and Oregon Universities Using Federal Funding to Provide Services to Illegal Immigrants
US Department of Education, 03.27.25 - ［Policy] New College fires Chinese professor under controversial Florida ‘countries of concern’ law
WUSF, 03.28.25
Education
- ［Education] Assessing the Damage After the Education Department’s Mass Layoffs
Inside Higher Ed, 03.13.25 - ［Education] International students weigh new risks of pursuing higher education in the US under Trump
AP News, 03.24.25
Research
- ［Research] A New Way to Engineer Composite Materials
Berkeley Lab, 03.06.25 - ［Research] Eye changes may be early warning for Alzheimer’s
Futurity, 03.11.25 - ［Research] Supermassive Black Hole Likely Lurking in Milky Way’s Nearest Neighbor
Caltech, 03.06.25 - ［Research] Students at HBCUs Have Better Mental Health Than Other College Students
Inside Higher Ed, 03.13.25 - ［Research] Scientists discover why obesity takes away the pleasure of eating
UC Berkeley News, 03.26.25 - ［Research] The Impact of Underestimated Southern Ocean Freshening on Simulated Historical Sea Surface Temperature Trends
Wiley, 03.27.25 - ［Research] Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers
The Conversation, 03.24.25
Others
- [Others] Activity on X falling, yet are universities exiting it?
University World News, 03.11.25
February 2025
Policy
- ［Policy] Demand for immigration legal services spikes at California colleges
CalMatters, 02.03.25 - ［Policy] Trump administration finalizing plans to shutter Education Department
Politico, 02.03.25 - ［Policy] How much does scientific progress cost? Without government dollars for research infrastructure, breakthroughs become improbable
The Conversation, 02.13.25 - ［Policy] Is Trump Gutting Education Research a New Beginning or Just ‘Slashing & Burning’?
The74million, 02.11.25 - ［Policy] Red-state universities push back against NIH funding cuts
Politico, 02.12.25 - ［Policy] USC again named a top producer of U.S. Fulbright students and scholars
USC Today, 02.25.25 - ［Policy] DOGE blocked from accessing Education Department’s sensitive student data until March 10
Higher Ed Dive, 02.24.25 - ［Policy] $900 Million in Institute of Education Sciences Contracts Axed
Inside HigherEd, 02.12.25
Education
- ［Education] NAFSA Recognizes Eight U.S. Higher Education Institutions for Excellence in Campus Internationalization
NAFSA, 02.11.25 - ［Education] A case study of what’s ahead with Trump DEI crackdowns: Utah has already cut public college DEI initiatives
Hechinger Report, 02.28.25 - ［Education] A surge of DEI cuts hits colleges across the US
Higher Ed Dive, 02.27.25 - ［Education] Why the University of Texas System is offering microcredentials to students — for free
02.26.25
Research
- ［Research] Your ears can’t prick up, but your ear muscles sure try
NPR, 02.02.25 - ［Research] Bacteria can eat ‘forever chemicals’
Futurity, 02.03.25 - ［Research] Investing in Black communities will have ripple effects throughout California
CalMatters, 02.18.25 - ［Research] Northeastern Will Pay Back $600,000 to NSF
Inside HigherEd, 02.18.25 - ［Research] New Photon-Avalanching Nanoparticles Could Enable Next-Generation Optical Computers
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 02.26.25 - ［Research] This shy California shrew avoided the camera and the limelight — until now
Berkeley News, 02.27.25
January 2025
Policy
- ［Policy] Trump wants to change colleges nationwide. GOP-led states like Idaho offer a preview
Idaho News, 01.09.25 - ［Policy] Federal judge strikes down Biden administration’s Title IX rule nationwide
Higher Ed Dive, 01.09.25 - ［Policy] University of Michigan cuts ties with Chinese university amid national security concerns
Michigan Live, 01.11.24 - ［Policy] Arkansas governor says professors should be fired if they are ‘indoctrinating’ students
Associated Press, 01.14.25 - ［Policy] Biden’s education grades: F on FAFSA, an incomplete on student loan forgiveness
NPR, 01.16.25 - ［Policy] HBCU Leaders Prepare for ‘Delicate Dance’ Under Trump
Inside Higher Ed, 01.17.25 - ［Policy] Hopes and Fears: Higher Ed Leaders Sound Off on Trump’s Return to Power
Inside Higher Ed, 01.20.25 - ［Policy] COLUMN: In just one week, Trump created a new culture of anxiety in education
Hechinger Report, 01.27.25 - ［Policy] Stanford to Review DEI Programs After Trump Order, Spurring Anxiety in Students
KQED, 01.28.25 - ［Policy] NSF Cancels Grant Reviews to ‘Ensure Compliance’ With Trump’s Executive Orders
Inside Higher Ed, 01.28.25 - ［Policy] Governor Leaves Indiana’s Predominantly Black University Out of Budget
Inside Higher Ed, 01.29.25
Education
- ［Education] The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges ? and the economy
Hechinger Report, 01.08.25 - ［Education] Online Degrees Out of Reach
Inside Higher Ed, 01.08.25 - ［Education] UCLA, once on edge fire evacuation warning zone, to start in-person classes Tuesday
Los Angeles Times, 01.16.25 - ［Education] SUNY Will Teach Students to ‘Ethically Use AI’
Inside Higher Ed, 01.16.25 - ［Education] ‘A death penalty’: Ph.D. student says U of M expelled him over unfair AI allegation?
?MPR News, 01.17.25 - ［Education] Degree in hand, jobs out of reach: Why recent grads are struggling in a competitive market
CNN, 01.26.25
Research
- ［Research] The Dream of a Climate Justice University
Inside Higher Ed, 01.06.25 - ［Research] Nuclear fusion could one day be a viable clean energy source ? but big engineering challenges stand in the way
The Conversation, 01.08.25 - ［Research] Gender balance in computer science and engineering is improving at elite universities but getting worse elsewhere
The Conversation, 01.08.25 - ［Research] Trees ‘remember’ wetter times ? never having known abundant rain could buffer today’s young forests against climate change
The Conversation, 01.09.25 - ［Research] Circulation problems in the brain’s seat of memory linked to mild cognitive impairment in older adults
USC Today, 01.13.25 - ［Research] Tech transmits power through the body for wearable devices
Futurity, 01.30.25
Others
- [Others] Temple University Marks Historic Opening of New Kyoto Location
Temple University, Japan Campus, 01.24.25