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Posted inBerkeley
Trump admin suspended UC Berkeley grants over ‘foreign funding.’ Some researchers say they didn’t take any.
The National Science Foundation cited funding from U.S. allies like Australia and Switzerland in suspending millions of dollars of research, including studies on autonomous driving and the skin color of poison frogs.
Posted inMississippi
Jackson State’s new president will receive leadership training for a role previously marked by turmoil
Alumna Denise Jones Gregory began the role on a permanent basis May 1. The university has had four presidents in six years, and some left under mysterious circumstances.
Posted inWisconsin
Wisconsin’s prison population is heading toward a record high. Track the trend here.
Overcrowding is particularly extreme in Wisconsin’s women’s prisons, two of which hold more than twice as many people as they were designed for. A new Wisconsin Watch tool, updated weekly, shows the population approaching the 2019 record.
Posted inIndianapolis
Inside the financial problems that led to Martin University’s closure
Students and former employees say the university owes students money.
Posted inCalifornia
‘I felt like I wasn’t learning’: Community college students struggle with online education
About 40% of California’s community college courses are online now, redefining education. These courses are more accessible, college officials say, but they come with serious drawbacks.
Posted inColorado
10 years and 16,800 students short: What went wrong with Colorado’s youth apprenticeship program?
CareerWise Colorado has employed far fewer students in youth apprenticeships than leaders once envisioned. The program’s challenges offer valuable lessons as bipartisan enthusiasm for on-the-job-training grows nationwide.
Posted inIndianapolis
How Purdue students are making sure Indiana Avenue’s history lives on
Purdue honors students published a study of the former neighborhood last year.
Posted inChicago
The job market is brutal. Here’s how recent Chicago college grads are navigating it
With statewide unemployment at its highest point since 2024 and employers navigating artificial intelligence, global conflicts and tariffs, many recent Chicago college graduates are floundering as they look for jobs.
Posted inBerkeley
The Indigenous exhibit that Trump failed to stop
A first-of-its-kind collaboration between Ohlone youth and UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science almost fell apart when a federal grant was axed. Then researchers took the Trump administration to court — and won.