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FBI Raids Indiana U Cybersecurity Professor’s Homes

Federal investigators spent hours last Friday raiding two homes belonging to a cybersecurity professor at Indiana University at Bloomington, multiple...
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As NIH Pulls Funding, Scientist Worries About ‘Frightening Implications’

The National Institutes of Health claimed that numerous canceled research grants were “antithetical to the scientific inquiry.” A clinical psychology researcher who lost her grant says that characterization smacks of ignorance.

Rector: Recruiting U.S. Scholars Can Protect ‘Threatened Research’

Universities should offer opportunities to U.S. talent because it can “prevent fruitful lines of enquiry from being abruptly cut off,” says head of leading European institution.

Faculty Organizations Sue on Behalf of Columbia Members

Days after Columbia University yielded to a list of demands from the Trump administration, the American Association of University Professors...

Trump Admin Questions Canadian, Australian Researchers

The Trump administration has sent questionnaires to U.S.-funded Canadian and Australian researchers asking whether their research is a “DEI project,”...
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Publishers Embrace AI as Research Integrity Tool

The $19 billion academic publishing industry is adopting AI-powered tools to improve the quality of peer-reviewed research and speed up production. The latter goal yields “obvious financial benefit” for publishers, one expert said.

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Trump’s Columbia Cuts Start Hitting Postdocs, Professors

But the full extent of the slashing is still unclear as neither the Trump administration nor Columbia has shared what grants and contracts were ended.

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NIH Moves to Consolidate Grant Peer Reviews to Save $65M

Although university researchers don’t believe the change itself poses a clear risk to the scientific review process, ongoing chaos at the agency is fueling a degree of skepticism.