Canceled grants get the spotlight at a Capitol Hill 'science fair' On Tuesday, scientists held an event organized by House Democrats in which they stood in front of posters outlining their work — and the federal cuts that now threaten it.

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Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation

Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

Feds move to advance two controversial mining projects in northern Minnesota Two moves this week — one by Congress and one by the Trump administration — aim to advance two controversial mining projects in northeast Minnesota.

“This is the mining industry’s dream bill and is radical legislation that would not only blot out critical clean water protections and give away public land,” Knopf adds, “but by blocking any kind of judicial review, would gut our constitutional government.”
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BREAKING: Trump fast-tracking Polymet-NewRange project. Today, there's been a flurry of activity by the Trump administration to undercut clean water protections and push through dangerous mining projects. 1/

Education partnership celebrates first master’s graduates - UND Today Friends, family and educators fill ballroom to celebrate first graduates of education partnership between UND, Grand Forks Public Schools.

“…these teacher-leaders have earned and equipped themselves with additional skills so they can transfer that back to our community, to our schools and to our students…We’re building stronger educators and, ultimately, a stronger Grand Forks community.” Dr. Laura Link

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Thank you Congresswoman Betty McCollum (@mccollum.house.gov) for your advocacy at the national level for the #BWCAW and to the Friends of the Boundary Waters @bwca.bsky.social for hosting this informative webinar today.

UND celebrates first cohort in community teaching partnership - UND Today Fourteen students will graduate from first UND-Grand Forks Public Schools Teaching & Leadership master’s program partnership

‘This is the first-ever UND-GFPS graduate partnership, which is extraordinary since both our learning organizations have worked side by side for well over a century.’ — Laura Link blogs.und.edu/und-today/20...

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Trump’s Executive Order puts the Boundary Waters at immediate risk

“By weaponizing Cold War-era powers to prioritize mining on all public lands (Wilderness Areas, NFS, NPS, wildlife refuges, etc.) the administration has thoroughly demonstrated its commitment to sacrificing America’s public lands for corporate gain” www.savetheboundarywaters.org/trumps-execu...

Some Facts on the Department of Education because even the president seems to have no idea what they do

This is an excellent overview, including illustrations, of the Department of Education’s role and what it does and doesn’t do. aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/some-facts...

Parks Group Responds to New Order Threatening National Monuments "Time and again, millions of people have spoken out in defense of America’s national monuments. Americans do not agree with stripping away their federal protections." –NPCA's President and CEO Theresa...

Here's a short brief from the National Park Conservation Association about the February 3, 2025 Secretarial Order SO 3418. This is the order that threatens our National Monuments, which our the gems of our national public lands.

www.npca.org/articles/671...

Linda McMahon has been confirmed as Trump's secretary of education The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.

JUST IN: The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.

Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests The president wants to circumvent environmental regulations to expand timber production, something sought by homebuilders and the construction industry.

President Trump has directed federal agencies to examine ways to bypass endangered species protections and other environmental regulations to ramp up logging across 280 million acres of national forests and other public lands.

I’m tired of the over generalizations. Maybe, if the federal government would stop eliminating USFS/BLM/NPS-type jobs, “able bodied workers,” often with college degrees, wouldn’t have to consider Medicaid, unemployment, and/or food assistance. 🤔

BREAKING NEWS: UND named to top tier of research universities - UND Today Carnegie R1 designation classifies University of North Dakota as an institution supporting ‘very high research activity’

The University of North Dakota has satisfied all requirements for designation as a Carnegie “R1” institution, placing the University into a grouping of the most highly regarded research universities in the nation.

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The Trump Administration’s hiring freeze has led the National Parks Service to cancel job offers for seasonal employees. We are concerned this could leave our parks understaffed during the busy summer season, which sees over 100 million visitors annually.

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Looking for an Educational Leadership colleague at the @uofnorthdakota.bsky.social College of Education and Human Development:

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Trump, GOP wins boost mining prospects near Boundary Waters The Twin Metals copper, nickel project within the BWCA watershed is among the mining operations ramping as opponents eye court challenges.

"Protections that were put in place by the Biden administration went through a formal process," said Chris Knopf, Friends of the Boundary Waters executive director. "If the Trump administration were to haphazardly and quickly undo that work, we would challenge that."
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