Kathryn Palmer

Tempe, United States

General Assignment Reporter at Inside Higher Ed

General assignment reporter, @insidehighered. Twitter is dying, follow me on Blue Sky @kathrynpalmer.bsky.social

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Wikipedia Is Giving Academic Resources New Life Online

2 days ago | insidehighered.com | Kathryn Palmer

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. CUNY’s Wikimedian in residence oversaw an effort to use the university’s research materials to write an article about a forgotten chapter of disability rights advocacy.
Minority Health Grants Biggest Target of NIH Cuts

4 days ago | insidehighered.com | Kathryn Palmer

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The Trump administration has terminated a disproportionately high number of research grants from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities during its ideological overhaul of the National Institutes of Health, according to a paper published in Journal of the American Medical Association last week.
Can Scientific Research Survive Without Federal Funding?

5 days ago | insidehighered.com | Kathryn Palmer

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The University of Arizona is one of many institutions offering faculty temporary bridge funding amid cuts to federal research funding.
Gates Foundation to Spend $200B Before Closing in 2045

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Kathryn Palmer

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Bill Gates is planning to close his philanthropic foundation in 2045, but not before he ramps up spending on health research and other humanitarian efforts. STAT News reported Thursday that the Gates Foundation, which launched in 2000, will spend $200 billion over the next two decades—double the $100 billion it spent on global health, development, gender equity and other work during its first 25 years.
Law School Accreditor to Delay Enforcement of DEI Rule

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Kathryn Palmer

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Under pressure from the Trump administration, the American Bar Association’s accreditation arm is poised to suspend its diversity and inclusion standard through August 2026, extending a pause first issued in February that was set to expire this August, Reuters reported.
Universities Sue NSF Over Indirect Research Cost Policy

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Kathryn Palmer

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. A coalition of universities and trade groups is suing the National Science Foundation over the independent federal agency’s plan to cap higher education institutions’ indirect research cost reimbursement rates at 15 percent.
Columbia Lays Off 180 Amid “Intense” Financial Strain

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Kathryn Palmer

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Columbia University is laying off 180 researchers after the Trump administration cut the university’s research funding by more than $650 million. “Columbia’s leadership continues discussions with the federal government in support of resuming activity on these research awards and additional other awards that have remained active, but unpaid,” university leadership wrote in a memo Tuesday morning.
Documenting Trump’s “Arbitrary” Cuts to Science

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Kathryn Palmer

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Researchers have noted inconsistencies in the types of awards the NSF and NIH have terminated. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | ansonsaw/E+/Getty Images | sguler/iStock/Getty Images The federal government has terminated thousands of grants it deemed unworthy of scientific study in the months since President Donald Trump started his second term.
Student suspended, Dave Portnoy responds after antisemitic sign seen at Barstool bar

1 week ago | patriotledger.com | Kathryn Palmer

A Temple University student was suspended and police are investigating after Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy responded to videos showing an antisemitic sign was displayed at the company's downtown Philadelphia bar over the weekend. When customers order bottle service at the Sansom Street bar, they can also choose a few words to put on a large sign displayed inside.
NSF Halts New Funding and Caps Indirect Rate Costs

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Kathryn Palmer

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Capping indirect cost rates isn’t “a good deal for taxpayers,” said the president of the National Association of College and University Business Officers. JHVEPhoto/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s administration is making drastic budget cuts and ideologically driven priority changes at the National Science Foundation in the name of saving taxpayers money and rooting out diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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