Tag: funding freeze

Trump administration freezes $790 million for Northwestern University

In a statement, Northwestern spokesperson Jon Yates said the school was “informed by members of the media that the federal government plans to freeze a significant portion of our federal funding. The university has not received any official notification from the federal government.”

Chicago Fulbright scholar ‘embarrassed to be American’ after Trump cut funding for her work in Africa

Chicago gynecologist Nicole Williams was just starting her work in Uganda investigating maternal health outcomes when the Trump Administration pulled the plug.

People walk with signs past a building outside.

Rallying for research: C-U community members express concern over recent federal orders

Hundreds of people gathered at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Friday to rally against President Donald Trump’s attempts to freeze federal funding. They held picket signs and chanted, “Stand up, fight back,” and “Elon Musk has got to go.”