Today's Clips (3/12/25)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

A student group at Davidson College is reportedly facing disciplinary action after handing out pro-Israel content on campus, prompting a debate about free speech.

The COVID-19 pandemic seemed to begin all at once in 2020. But therapeutics quickly became available. Proposed cuts to the NIH may hinder our response rate next time.

Poppy Flowers: For providing affordable, sustainable floral services for weddings and events and becoming the highest-volume, full-service wedding florist in the country and raising $8.7 million.

IN OTHER NEWS

Mahmoud Khalil’s detention is a frightening sign of an authoritarian slide.

Hundreds of demonstrators marched downtown while a spokeswoman for President Trump said the president had the authority to detain Mahmoud Khalil.

The government is trying to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent resident and defender of the Palestinian cause, accusing him of siding with terrorists.

The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.

Humanities professors clash with scientists over the handling of campus protests.

Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.

TRADES

This is the second time in less than a week that the Trump administration has pulled funding from higher ed institutions suspected of not following his policies. Just weeks after a tense White House exchange between Maine’s Democratic governor and the nation’s Republican president, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it would temporarily halt all spending on programs in the University of Maine system.

Lee Bollinger on Trump, Columbia, and why capitulation won’t work.

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