Today's Clips (4/3/25)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

New Innovate Charlotte report reveals local region is on the rise as a startup hub.

A Charlotte lawyer—and lifelong Republican—with decades of blue-chip legal experience got the axe at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The investment manager of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America appointed Chad Phillips to replace Chris McGibbon, who is retiring.

FRANZ is dedicated to creative engagement with Franz Kafka's life and work, including the first-ever publication of his complete letters in English.

IN OTHER NEWS

As with most confrontations, the merits in this clash are not one-sided. But the Trump administration is acting in bad faith.

Dr. Joanne Liu, an N.Y.U. graduate, said the cancellation of her presentation on humanitarian crises was a sign of the climate of fear at U.S. universities.

Defense Department leaders ordered the academy to remove books that promote diversity, equity and inclusion in response to Trump orders, a U.S. official said.

Eight-point-seven billion. Four-hundred million. One-hundred-seventy-five million. These are just some examples of the money the federal government has withheld or is threatening to withhold from various colleges and universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University and Harvard University.

All Americans should defend campus protesters.

The University announced its consideration to sell approximately $320 million of taxable bonds on Tuesday, following a notification from government agencies about the suspension of research grants.

Two NC State graduate students left the U.S. after the State Department revoked their visas. The University was not notified beforehand but offered support.

TRADES

A renewed focus on engagement, some researchers say, is urgent and overdue. “When science is sidelined,” one said, “people get hurt.”

The Trump administration is upending the student visa bureaucracy to deport foreign students. University officials are struggling to keep up. Last week, an international student adviser at a small regional college logged on to a private forum for international enrollment and admissions professionals, seeking advice on “something strange” she’d noticed.

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