Columbia Cuts 180 Staff Under Strain of US Funding Freeze (3)

Columbia University will cut 180 staffers working on research impacted by the Trump administration’s withdrawal of federal funding for grants, university leadership said in a statement Tuesday.

The school said the financial strain had become “intense” as it continued to fund individuals whose salaries and stipends had until recently been funded with federal support. The reductions amount to 20% of individuals employed by Columbia who were funded at least in part by now-terminated grants.

“Moving forward, we will be running lighter footprints of research infrastructure in some areas and, in others, maintaining a level of research continuity as we pursue ...