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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#212121">Friday, Feb. 28, 2025</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/federal-updates/weekly-federal-update-brief" title="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/federal-updates/weekly-federal-update-brief"><span style="color:#0078D7">In
a Feb. 28 Weekly Federal Update</span></a>, the UC system discusses a DOGE initiative to transform federal spending on contracts and grants.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/what-cuts-nih-funding-mean-cancer-patients-and-their-families" title="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/what-cuts-nih-funding-mean-cancer-patients-and-their-families"><span style="color:#0078D7">An
article from University of California</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>system addresses the live-saving UC research that would be impacted by cuts to National Institutes of Health funding.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/advocate/medical-research?p2asource=nihresearch-ucr4" title="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/advocate/medical-research?p2asource=nihresearch-ucr4"><span style="color:#0078D7">Become
part</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of a UC-led effort to persuade Congress to preserve
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">proposed</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> cuts to NIH funding that would greatly hinder UC health research.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">UC President Michael Drake statement on reintroduction of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-president-michael-v-drake-statement-american-dream-and-promise-act" title="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-president-michael-v-drake-statement-american-dream-and-promise-act"><span style="color:#0078D7">the
American Dream and Promise Act</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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this video</span></a>, 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.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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federal updates microsite</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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video from </span><span style="color:#0078D7">the AAU</span></a> explains the numbers behind oft-misunderstood facilities and administrative funding.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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