<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><b style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">UC Riverside Washington Report, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025</b></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><i>An ongoing look at federal government impacts on higher education, the University of California system, and UC Riverside.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The U.S. Department of Education <a href="https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-ends-funding-racially-discriminatory-discretionary-grant-programs-minority-serving-institutions" target="_blank">announced Sept. 10 the elimination</a> of $350 million in federal funding for programs that support higher education institutions designated as Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Labor unions, faculty, staff, and student organizations have <a href="https://democracyforward.org/updates/icymi-coalition-of-university-of-california-faculty-staff-students-and-unions-file-suit-in-defense-of-freedom-of-speech" target="_blank">filed a suit</a> against the federal administration alleging unlawful justification for terminating federal research funds.  </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>UCR updates</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The University of California has launched an advocacy campaign across its 10-campus system to spotlight the need to preserve UC’s life-changing research. The campaign will feature weekly themes; the theme for this week is medical research. <a href="https://researchimpact.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">UC Riverside’s Research Impact</a> page this week features the university’s research in stroke, Alzheimer’s, and chronic disease.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">In a Times Higher Education article, <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/us-cuts-sign-things-come-trump-squeezes-funding" target="_blank">Paul D’Anieri, professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside</a>, said small programs and classes in the humanities may be among the casualties of a harsher funding environment under President Donald Trump.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>UC updates</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">This week, <a href="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/letter-president-james-b-milliken-uc-community" target="_blank">UC President James Milliken wrote</a> cautioning the 10 UC campuses about expanded federal action.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The University of California has launched the <a href="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-launches-speak-science-campaign-critical-research-faces-unprecedented-federal-threats" target="_blank">Speak Up for Science campaign</a>, which aims to corral support for UC research funding among stakeholder groups. Write your congressional representative, advocate for the UCs to your neighbors, and/or download a “Speak Up for Science” Zoom background.  </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/federal-updates/weekly-federal-update-brief" target="_blank">The UC Weekly Federal Update Brief</a> addresses a looming federal government shutdown and appropriations impacts for UC research and student financial aid.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>From the UC Newsroom</b>: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><a href="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/critical-research-hangs-balance-uc-faces-unprecedented-federal-threats" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank">Critical research hangs in the balance as UC faces unprecedented federal threats</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font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