Month: May 2025

WASHINGTON, DC., May 16, 2025 – In a bold transatlantic move, France and the European Union have launched a new initiative—“Choose Europe for Science”—aimed at attracting U.S.-based scientists disillusioned by recent political developments under the Trump administration. The campaign offers…

WASHINGTON, DC., May 14, 2025 – In a significant shift, U.S. federal investigations into alleged anti-Semitism and campus unrest are broadening beyond elite universities to smaller, less-resourced institutions. Following high-profile probes at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania that resulted…

WASHINGTON, DC., May 13, 2025 – A sweeping cut to National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding by the Trump administration has triggered legal challenges and nationwide outrage from public health experts and lawmakers. The new policy, introduced earlier this…

STANFORD, CA,. May 12, 2025 – More than ten Stanford students and faculty launched an open-ended hunger strike in White Plaza on Monday, May 12, demanding the University sever ties with Israel and defense contractors. The action began with a…

SAN DIEGO, CA., May 7, 2025 – About 180 non-tenure-track lecturers in the University of San Diego’s College of Arts and Sciences walked out May 7-8 after talks for a first union contract stalled. Represented by SEIU Local 721, they…

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 2025 — The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote this week on legislation that would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from awarding funds to American universities that host Confucius Institutes or maintain…

SACREMENTO, CA., May 1, 2025 Hundreds of University of California health-care, research and technical employees, represented by University Professional & Technical Employees (UPTE), walked off the job and marched through downtown Sacramento on May 1, protesting UC’s system-wide hiring freeze…