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Trump Admin's Cuts Hit Universities Hard
Episode 1282

Trump Admin's Cuts Hit Universities Hard

The latest news in the fights between Columbia, Harvard and other universities and the Trump administration and the NIH funding cuts.

The Brian Lehrer Show

May 8, 202549m 55s

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Show Notes

Rick Seltzer, senior writer for the Chronicle of Higher Education who writes their Daily Briefing newsletter, talks about the latest news in the fights between Columbia, Harvard and other universities and the Trump administration, and how the funding cuts are hitting the schools so far. Plus, Max Kozlov, science reporter covering biomedical research at Nature, talks about his reporting on the research topics that the Trump administration's NIH has cut funding to, especially areas the administration finds "problematic," like those related to LGBTQ+ health.

Topics

researchhealthharvardnational_newspoliticslocal_wnycgovernmentuniversitiescollegestrump_administrationnihsciencelgbtcolumbia