WASHINGTON (AP) — Brown University will pay $50 million to Rhode Island workforce development organizations in a deal with the Trump administration that restores lost federal research funding and ends investigations into alleged discrimination, officials said Wednesday. The university also agreed to several concessions in line with President Donald Trump’s political agenda. Brown will adopt the government’s definition of “male” …
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Brown reaches deal with federal government to restore funding
Brown University has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore funding for things like research grants, the prestigious college said. The “voluntary agreement” reached Wednesday restores funding for medical and science research that is funded by the federal government, the school said in a release. The deal also resolves three outstanding reviews that were looking at Brown’s “compliance …
Read More »Science news this week: Wolves help restore trees in Yellowstone and the largest interstellar object ever seen
In this week’s science news, we learned that the interstellar object hurtling through our solar system is the largest of its kind ever seen, while experts pushed back on a suggestion that 3I/ATLAS could be alien technology. 3I/ATLAS is an extremely rare comet from outside our solar system. A new controversial paper, which has not been peer reviewed, explored the …
Read More »Trump calls for DC to restore old NFL name as experts say Native mascots cause harm
President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal if Washington’s NFL team did not restore its name to a racial slur, despite decades of psychological research showing the negative mental health impacts of Native American mascots. The president is demanding a private company change its name to something that researchers have linked to a variety of …
Read More »Columbia University reaches a deal with Trump to restore federal research funds
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University announced Wednesday it has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus. Under the agreement, the Ivy League school will pay a $200 million settlement over three years, the …
Read More »Trump demands Commanders, Guardians restore old names, threatens to derail D.C. stadium deal – Axios
Trump demands Commanders, Guardians restore old names, threatens to derail D.C. stadium deal Axios D.C. mayor ‘focused’ on RFK deal, not Trump talk ESPN Washington D.C. mayor doesn’t expect President Trump to block Commanders stadium deal after calling for name change Yahoo Sports Trump Urges Washington and Cleveland Sports Teams to Revert to Former Names The New York Times White House says Donald Trump …
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