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UC Riverside Washington Report
Friday, Feb. 28, 2025

In the past week, a federal judge again temporarily blocked the federal administration’s proposed cut to funding tied to National Institutes of Health, which would strip hundreds of millions in funding for research including on cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and other illnesses. The UC system is part of a nationwide suit filed against the administration’s move.

UC updates


  *   In a Feb. 28 Weekly Federal Update<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/federal-updates/weekly-federal-update-brief>, the UC system discusses a DOGE initiative to transform federal spending on contracts and grants.
  *   An article from University of California<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/what-cuts-nih-funding-mean-cancer-patients-and-their-families> system addresses the live-saving UC research that would be impacted by cuts to National Institutes of Health funding.
  *   Become part<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/advocate/medical-research?p2asource=nihresearch-ucr4> of a UC-led effort to persuade Congress to preserve proposed cuts to NIH funding that would greatly hinder UC health research.
  *   UC President Michael Drake statement on reintroduction of the American Dream and Promise Act<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-president-michael-v-drake-statement-american-dream-and-promise-act>.


UCR updates

  *   In this video<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKAfSQNOQqU>, Chancellor Kim Wilcox affirms campus values and talks about widespread efforts in higher education to address executive orders and other actions from the federal administration.
Resources

  *   UC federal updates microsite<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/federal-updates>
Partners

  *   This video from the AAU<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtqK8SyxFMc> explains the numbers behind oft-misunderstood facilities and administrative funding.
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