“Mass layoffs are not necessary,” Barbash said. “We’ve seen no financial indicators that layoffs would be necessary, and there’s been an extreme lack of transparency around finances.”
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A PhD student: “My co-workers and I end up having to spend an afternoon that we were going to be doing our research trying to fix a laser cutter, trying to chase down all the people involved. In the past, this was done by a paid staff member.”
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The removal came after Lichtman pushed back on 75% cuts to graduate students.
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This week, Congress In a package of spending bills, the National Institutes of Health will see its budget increase by $415 million, in sharp contrast to the $20-billion cut sought by the administration last April, a nearly 40 percent decrease. The legislation, signed into law late Tuesday by Trump, also contains strict language meant to block the administration’s efforts to limit federal payments of so-called “indirect costs” on research grants — a critical source of research funding that pays for laboratory upkeep and other expenses not directly tied to a specific project. Early last year, the Trump administration proposed capping indirect costs at 15 percent of any given grant — far below what many institutions had been getting. Universities and research hospitals warned the cuts would cost them billions and eviscerate studies into treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and a range of other ailments. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/04/metro/congress-rebukes-trump-research-funding-cuts/
This week Congress blocked Trump’s 40% cuts to science research, choosing instead to increase funding for NIH & NSF. They also blocked his 70% cuts to “indirect cost reimbursement” for science grants (which fund labs, equipment, support staff at universities). www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/04/m...
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⏰ Come out TODAY at 12:30 in front of the Smith Center to our HUCTW sponsored "Rally to Protect Harvard People and Programs from Severe Cuts"! We'll be joined by local Massachusetts elected officials, a brass band featuring HUCTW members, and we'll have hot chocolate. Details below!
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Although the administration may have decided to let dozens of staff go, colleagues and students at SEAS don’t intend to let the layoffs move forward without a fight.”
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Harvard’s endowment grew to $56.7 billion, operating revenues are up by 3%, current-use gifts are up by $629 million, & federal funds are almost fully restored. Claiming that layoffs are necessary due to severe financial constraint is untrue and morally wrong.
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If University leaders yield to government threats by laying off staff who make Harvard's teaching & research possible—destroying those workers livelihoods—they will also hand the administration exactly what it wants: a weakened University stripped of its conviction, brought to submission by fear.
🚨 Harvard should base critical staffing decisions that will impact staff members livelihoods on each school’s current financial reality, not on the shifting shadow of threats from the Trump administration that may never materialize.
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📣 'A federal judge in Boston has ordered the reversal of the Trump admin’s cuts to more than $2.6 billion in research grants for Harvard.
If the ruling stands, it promises to revive hundreds of life-changing Harvard research projects that lost federal money.'
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The “United We Stand” rally will take place on Science Center Plaza at 4:30pm on Saturday, September 6th.
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Harvard’s five largest campus unions urged the University to pledge to use more of its reserves to protect research and jobs amid federal attacks on the University in a letter emailed to Harvard’s top officials this week.
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“This case is about core constitutional rights that must be safeguarded: freedom of thought, freedom of expression, and freedom of speech, each of which is a pillar of a functioning democracy and an essential hedge against authoritarianism,” Burroughs wrote.
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TODAY (Sat. 6/14) let’s rally together against the Trump administration’s reckless assault on our rights, our freedoms, & our communities!
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Show your support for Harvard international students TODAY at 5:30 at Science Center Plaza!
Harvard’s president: “We condemn this unlawful action. It imperils the futures of thousands of students across Harvard and serves as a warning to countless others throughout the country who have come to America to pursue their education and fulfill their dreams.”
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Harvard: “The government's action is unlawful. We are fully committed to maintaining Harvard's ability to host our international students and scholars, who hail from more than 140 countries and enrich the University – and this nation – immeasurably.”
‘In a message to University affiliates, Garber & Manning wrote that the funding would help sustain “critical research activity for a transitional period” and pledged continued support for faculty, postdocs, students, and staff affected by the cuts.’
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Outrageous behavior from the chief of Harvard University Press and kudos to the Crimson for exposing this.