Trump, Brown University and Education Department

Brown University announces they are in hiring freeze
University leaders say the freeze will begin immediately and remain in effect through the end of the 2025 fiscal year.
Universities are under attack by Trump: Harvard hiring freeze, Department of Education layoffs are just the latest
Beyond the administration’s budget cuts, Trump has been threatening colleges that don’t adhere to his anti-woke political agenda. The Trump administration’s gutting of the U.S. Department of Education in the name of government efficiency is wreaking havoc on universities across America.
Trump guts the Education Department with massive layoffs; shock waves reach California
As Trump begins dismantling the Education Department, student loan services, civil rights enforcement and funding for disadvantaged students remain in limbo.
Trump's layoffs at US Department of Education: What it means for Michigan's public schools
Cuts to the U.S. Department of Education will likely significantly weaken its operations or, education leaders fear, possibly imperil how billions of dollars in federal education funding is managed.
Maine sues President Trump over mass layoffs at the Department of Education
Maine has signed onto a new multi-state lawsuit that alleges that the Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the Department of Education are part of an unlawful plan to dismantle the entire department.
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Brown Receives $250M in Federal Funds - Those Monies Are Now at Risk
Brown, in February, in a letter to the “Brown Community,” wrote, “Brown received more than $250 million in federal funding in ...
Brown University lab helps identify meteorite that fell on ice cream
A Brown University lab helped verify a meteorite that landed on a Pennsylvania resident’s ice cream container, university ...
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Brown University announces hiring freeze in the face of federal government ‘uncertainty’
Brown University is implementing a temporary, staff-wide hiring freeze, according to a statement from the university released ...
SMU basketball lands 4-star grad transfer Nana Owusu-Anane from Brown, per report
Owusu-Anane, a 6-8 senior forward originally out of Saxtons River, Vt., missed all of the 2024-25 college basketball season ...
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Brown’s Hassenfeld Institute leader to chair U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Dr. Michael Silverstein, director of the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute, will lead a national task force ...
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Brown institutes staff-wide hiring freeze in response to ‘federal government actions’
Early Thursday morning, Brown announced it would be implementing a temporary, staff-wide hiring freeze in response to the ...
Life on Mars? New Brown University research offers theory for why Earth’s neighbor is red.
Ferrihydrite, a water-rich iron mineral, plays an important role in giving the red planet its signature hue, according to the study.
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Brown experts discuss: What did the world learn from the COVID-19 pandemic?
Eight scholars from Brown University looked back at the pandemic with an eye toward how its lessons can help the United States and other nations prepare for the next global health crisis.
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Education Dept. warns Brown may face ‘enforcement actions’ amid antisemitism concerns
Brown saw an April encampment calling for divestment from companies affiliated with Israel. At the time, Jewish students ...
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Harris County grand jury indicts University of Houston sex assault suspect, records show
According to court documents, suspect Eric Brown was indicted on charges against him in the assault of a University of ...
Brown University announces hiring freeze
In a letter, Brown University leaders say the freeze will begin immediately and remain in effect through the end of the 2025 ...
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Brown University struggles to cope with Trump higher ed edicts
President Trump’s plan to Make America Great Again runs right through the cloisters and quadrangles of elite universities.