University News Editor Cate Latimer is a university news editor covering faculty, University Hall and higher education. She is from Portland, OR, and studies English and Urban Studies. In her free time, you can find her playing ultimate frisbee or rewatching episodes of Parks and Rec.
Follow The Herald’s latest updates about the planned $510 million federal funding freeze here.
Follow The Herald’s latest updates about the planned $510 million federal funding freeze here.
The Trump administration plans to announce a freeze on $510 million worth of federal funding, a White House official told The Herald. This makes Brown the fifth Ivy League school to face cuts. The $510 million exceeds the $400 million in funding cut at Columbia in early March.
On Tuesday, Brown Corporation member Xochitl Gonzalez ’99 published an article in The Atlantic defending students’ right to protest. She argued that students receiving green cards or visas have the right to speak freely and become social activists without threat of revocation.
In response to concerns about recent federal actions, University administrators clarified how Brown is approaching federal immigration enforcement, recent federal funding cuts, threats to diversity and inclusion, gender-affirming care and retention of protest security footage.
Values include the pursuit of knowledge, diversity, academic freedom and respecting Brown’s mission.
The assistant professor of medicine was deported to Lebanon despite holding a valid H-1B visa.
Federal prosecutors claim Assistant Professor of Medicine Rasha Alawieh was deported after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents found “sympathetic photos and videos” of Hezbollah figures on her cell phone, Politico reported on Monday. This provides the first public explanation as to why Alawieh ...
Data losses have impacted professors’ research and led to concerns about the future of federal data.
After being held by customs officials at Boston Logan International Airport Thursday, Assistant Professor of Medicine Rasha Alawieh has been deported and is now in Lebanon, according to her relative Yara Chehab and court filings reviewed by The Herald.
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