For ads-free news, click here.
From Fox News: Columbia University said it will cut around 180 staff members Tuesday following the Trump administration’s announcement in March that it canceled $400 million in federal grants over the Ivy League school’s “failure to protect Jewish students from antisemitic harassment.”
“Across the research portfolio we have had to make difficult choices and unfortunately, today, nearly 180 of our colleagues who have been working, in whole or in part, on impacted federal grants, will receive notices of non-renewal or termination,” acting Columbia University President Claire Shipman said in a statement. “This represents about 20% of the individuals who are funded in some manner by the terminated grants.
“In the coming weeks and months, we will need to continue to take actions that preserve our financial flexibility and allow us to invest in areas that drive us forward,” she added. “This is a deeply challenging time across all higher education, and we are attempting to navigate through tremendous ambiguity with precision, which will be imperfect at times.”
Columbia University said in early March that it was “notified of federal action from Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) cancelling $400 million in federal funding to the University.
Last year, a mob of anti-Israel, pro-Palestine activists took over entire areas of the campus, including breaking into a building and taking it over. The university basically did nothing to stop them, and many students couldn’t even attend class because of the violent protests.
Many X users are calling out the university for claiming they had to lay off 180 staff members just because the Trump administration cancelled $400 million in federal grants. It is being pointed out that Columbia is not short on funding, as they had an endowment valued at $14.8 billion as of June 2024.
I think the uni’s need a big go fuck yourself. They have endowments that can fund this shit.
Columbia University lays off around 180 staff after Trump administration revokes grantshttps://t.co/KOmWhgr8Gt pic.twitter.com/zdc6DI3kdn
— Keith Nystrom (@NystromKeith) May 6, 2025
What a crock of shit!
Columbia has an endowment valued at $14.8 billion as of June 2024. They don’t have to lay off anybody!!!
Columbia University lays off around 180 staff after Trump administration revokes grants https://t.co/brBqt11gaC
— Matthew Karpoff (@MatthewKarpoff) May 6, 2025
JUST IN: Columbia University cut 180 staffers who were funded by federal grants which were revoked by the Trump admin.
Trump pulled $400 million in federal funding to Columbia in March for violations of the Civil Rights Act. pic.twitter.com/JYMSkvFwQX
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 6, 2025
BREAKING: Columbia has laid off 180 staff members funded by federal grants.
Instead of firing professors who led violent protests that got the funding revoked, the university is punishing innocent employees. pic.twitter.com/E8MMZYwCAe
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) May 6, 2025
READ MORE from Fox News.
Follow us on X (Formerly Twitter.)
The DML News App: www.X.com/DMLNewsApp
The Dennis Michael Lynch Podcast archive is available below, with the most recent on top. Never miss an episode. Subscribe to the show by downloading The DML News App or go to Apple Podcasts.
