Pittsburgh professors say research was weaponized in Trump’s higher ed fight | News

Shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump disrupted the country’s research landscape with a series of executive orders and administrative actions aimed at slashing key funding sources and limiting the subjects of federally backed study.

His administration terminated hundreds of grants that were previously awarded and reduced staff at funding agencies, leaving universities that depend on federal research dollars scrambling. In Pittsburgh, that meant paused Ph.D. admissions, hiring freezes and layoffs.

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