No federal administration has moved as swiftly to exert broad new controls over what people can say, read, learn, research, and think.| PEN America
Higher ed leaders and experts say the Trump administration’s harsh list of demands of Harvard gave it no choice but to fight back. Will other institutions do the same?| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
University leaders said the administration's demands are an attack on its independence. Hours later, billions in grants were frozen.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
This post was cross-published from the SIGARCH blog. The Research Pipeline is Stalling The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) froze all outgoing funding, including new awards and scheduled…| SIGPLAN Blog
The Research Pipeline is Stalling The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) froze all outgoing funding, including new awards and scheduled payments on active grants. Over 1,000 NSF research projects were abruptly canceled in a few days, resulting in roughly $739 million in halted research fundin| ACM SIGOPS
The Research Pipeline is Stalling The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) froze all outgoing funding, including new awards and scheduled payments on active grants. Over 1,000 NSF research projec…| SIGARCH
The current crisis is not just about Harvard--it is a test of the nation’s commitment to the academic freedom of higher education.| eCampus News
This op-ed originally appeared in MedPage Today. By Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D. I was on the frontlines when COVID-19 hit and it felt like a surprise attack. Many academic research departments closed, but the Wyss Institute at Harvard, which I head, moved into high gear. We raced to develop new ways to manufacture nasal swabs,...| Wyss Institute
By Don Ingber Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University On April 11, we at the Wyss Institute welcomed more than 550 researchers, industry leaders, physicians, and entrepreneurs to our Annual Retreat in which we shared the amazing progress our community has made in the development of new bioinspired diagnostics, devices, and therapeutics for both human...| Wyss Institute
The Trump administration announced late Monday that it was moving to freeze $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University. The federal freeze came hours after Harvard rejected demands from the Trump administration, arguing that the changes pushed by the government exceed its lawful authority and infringe on both the University’s independence and its constitutional rights.| Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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