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• Roundup: Statements and Coverage Re: NIH Funding Cuts

  08-02-2025 16:25 via infodocket.com
  Media CoverageGarber Blasts Trump’s Limits on NIH Support for Indirect Costs (via Harvard Crimson)
  Higher Education Leaders Decry NIH Cuts in Research Funding (via Politico)
  NIH Slashes Overhead Payments for Research, Sparking Outrage (via Science)
  NIH Slashes Research Funding for Overhead Costs, Sparking Worry Among Princeton Scientists
  Statements From UniversitiesHarvard
  Michigan
  Temple
  UConn
  Washington State
  Statements From Higher Ed/Research OrganizationsAAMC
  Statement on Drastic Cuts
  
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• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant to Enhance Booksnake App for Immersive Archival Research

  08-02-2025 15:30 via infodocket.com
  From USC Dornsife:
  A $150,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant has been awarded to a team led by Sean Fraga, assistant professor (teaching) of environmental studies and history at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Curtis Fletcher, director of the Ahmanson Lab at USC Libraries; and Peter Mancall, Distinguished Professor, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Linda and Harlan Martens Director of the USC-Huntington Early M
  
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• Report: Trump Fires Colleen Shogan, Archivist of the United States

  08-02-2025 03:04 via infodocket.com
  From CBS News:
  President Trump has fired Archivist of the United States Colleen J. Shogan, the government official responsible for preserving and providing access to government records.
  Sergio Gor, director of the Presidential Personnel Office, announced Shogan’s dismissal Friday night. Shogan has held the job since 2023.
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  While Shogan had been told that Trump wanted to replace her, she did not expect her removal would happen as soon as Fri
  
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