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Peter Doocy of FNC just asked Press Sec Leavitt "Why do these Ivy League universities get so much money from the government?"
As it happens, Harvard just changed their homepage to attempt to answer that question.
www.harvard.edu
As it happens, Harvard just changed their homepage to attempt to answer that question.
www.harvard.edu
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
www.harvard.edu
April 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Peter Doocy of FNC just asked Press Sec Leavitt "Why do these Ivy League universities get so much money from the government?"
As it happens, Harvard just changed their homepage to attempt to answer that question.
www.harvard.edu
As it happens, Harvard just changed their homepage to attempt to answer that question.
www.harvard.edu
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Good for Tufts!
NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
April 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Good for Tufts!
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Foreign governments are trying to lure US scientists to move abroad as the Trump administration roils the research world with funding cuts and blacklists of some fields. Governor Maura Healey has raised the alarm in Massachusetts.
Healey sounds alarm over foreign recruiting of Mass. scientists - The Boston Globe
Countries in the Middle East and Europe, as well as China, are telling Massachusetts scientists, “We’ll give you a lab, we’ll give you staff,” Governor Healey said.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Foreign governments are trying to lure US scientists to move abroad as the Trump administration roils the research world with funding cuts and blacklists of some fields. Governor Maura Healey has raised the alarm in Massachusetts.
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Kind of feels like there wasn’t a mandate to destroy the health insurance program that covers 24% of Americans in order to fund a giant tax giveaway for billionaires and corporations, but maybe it’s just me.
February 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Kind of feels like there wasn’t a mandate to destroy the health insurance program that covers 24% of Americans in order to fund a giant tax giveaway for billionaires and corporations, but maybe it’s just me.
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This is how it’s done.
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is how it’s done.
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This is going to go on at many universities - the uncertainty will lead to fewer graduate programs. It will hobble scientific research which appears to be the goal.
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is going to go on at many universities - the uncertainty will lead to fewer graduate programs. It will hobble scientific research which appears to be the goal.
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I am going to be so pissed if--after everything--I do, in fact, die of dysentery.
February 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I am going to be so pissed if--after everything--I do, in fact, die of dysentery.
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Cuts to the NIH are a strategy to strangle research universities not “reduce waste”
February 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Cuts to the NIH are a strategy to strangle research universities not “reduce waste”
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In Connecticut -
NIH FUNDING:
$770M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
6609
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$1.68B
NIH FUNDING:
$770M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
6609
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$1.68B
In Georgia-
NIH FUNDING:
$780 M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
11,816
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$2.18 B
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH FUNDING:
$780 M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
11,816
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$2.18 B
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
February 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
In Connecticut -
NIH FUNDING:
$770M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
6609
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$1.68B
NIH FUNDING:
$770M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
6609
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$1.68B
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NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more.
Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes
Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.
Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes
Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.
February 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more.
Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes
Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.
Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes
Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.
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