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AAUP @aaup.org · 26/08/2026

The AAUP & AFT condemn the recent directive from the War Dept that publicly places 30 universities under suspicion & gives them 2 weeks to investigate years of academic activity. The directive represents another threat of funding-based coercion that undermines scientific research & innovation.

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Department of War Directive Undermines Scientific Innovation. It Should Be Rescinded.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 23/07/2026

The AAUP stands with Mohsen Mahdawi & other faculty members, graduate students, & academic workers whose speech the federal government is attempting to censor. An injury to one is an injury to all. Full Statement: www.aaup.org/news/we-stan...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 01/06/2026

This is absurd. The administration's proposal would sacrifice the post-war American research system that sparked unprecedented scientific advancement in favor of an ideological loyalty test that would reduce groundbreaking scientific discovery to a game of bureaucratic compliance. #academicsky

insidehighered.com

OMB Proposes Rules Establishing Political Oversight of Grants

The Office of Management and Budget published long-expected proposed rules for how federal agencies must carry out Trump’s order to put “senior appointees” in charge of deciding who gets funded. The p...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 22/04/2026

The largest biomedical research organization in the world is being decimated by the Trump administration. This defunding will have a drastic impact on the health & well being of American families & deepen the crises on our campuses that carry out critical research. This is insanity. #TrumpsCutsKill

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AAUP @aaup.org · 13/04/2026

The Trump admin’s rewriting of rules governing college accreditation “obliterates” autonomy & is is being described as “a cluster bomb being dropped on American higher education.”

insidehighered.com

Experts: New Accreditation Rules Threaten Academic Freedom

The draft proposals, up for discussion this week, could change how accreditors oversee colleges and what they measure, but some say they violate existing federal law.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 01/04/2026

“Faculty members & students continue to speak up & organize to oppose the radical reconfiguration of American institutions launched by the Trump administration & its private-sector allies. Frequently, this has included organizing outside the gates.” — Reinhold Martin & Robert Newton, Columbia AAUP

chronicle.com

Opinion | The Hostile Takeover of Higher Education

Business interests captured governing boards long before Trump.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 27/03/2026

Admin at The New School are threatening the cancellation of 23 academic programs. Students, faculty, & staff are fighting back, demanding a public meeting & an end to the manufactured austerity crisis. Check out this powerful song produced by TNS students: @newschoolaaup.bsky.social

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What A Wonder School (This Would Be)

YouTube video by Austerity Singers

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AAUP @aaup.org · 06/03/2026

The far right's new politicized higher ed accreditor is illegitimate. "Rather than protecting educational quality, the CPHE appears designed to give partisan political actors a powerful new tool to pressure universities to conform to a narrow ideological agenda" — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

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New CPHE Accrediting Body Is Illegitimate

Rather than protecting educational quality, the CPHE appears designed to give partisan political actors a powerful new tool to pressure universities to conform to a narrow ideological agenda—backed by...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 23/01/2026

“Judge Young affirmed unequivocally, without a doubt, that non-citizens lawfully present here in the US have the same free speech rights as everyone else. He established that the federal government clearly & unconstitutionally pursued a policy of discrimination against pro-Palestinian speech.”

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Boston judge warns Trump officials on changing plaintiffs’ immigration status

The ruling from U.S. District Judge William Young follows a prior ruling in which he found the Trump administration violated the Constitution.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 18/10/2025

The snake is growing. ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼 Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time. The world is watching. The resistance is here. #NoLoyaltyOaths #NoKings #DefendHigherEd

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AAUP @aaup.org · 16/10/2025

Students, faculty, & campus workers are leading this incredible pushback. We will not back down in defense of higher education & our democracy. There is an unstoppable wave of unified rejection of Trump’s authoritarian agenda cresting throughout higher education. Join Us. #DefendHigherEd

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AAUP @aaup.org · 16/10/2025

🚨🚨🚨 And THREE stood up! Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact. When we join together and fight back, WE WIN! No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent. LET’S GO! #DefendHigherEd @aaup-penn.bsky.social

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Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment

With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🎙️ Last week, a group of Columbia professors — most of them Jewish — took a stand. Risking reprisal, they publicly rejected the university’s recent incorporation of a controversial definition of antisemitism. Their statements, excerpted here, can be read in full at cu-standsup.org/events/free-....

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AAUP @aaup.org · 07/10/2025

NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED! Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold. Please click below, sign, & share. #DefendHigherEd

actionnetwork.org

University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 30/09/2025

BREAKING: WE WON!!! 💥 💥 💥 Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment. Full ruling here:

courtlistener.com

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com

Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 21/09/2025

The AAUP & @aft.org are fighting back to remind our elected leaders that higher education & public health research are transformative public goods. We must keep life-saving NIH research fully funded & stop the Trump admin’s devastating funding cuts that are halting medical breakthroughs.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 07/09/2025

The Resistance Is Inevitable. We’re sick & tired of ICE & FBI agents profiling, harassing, & violently arresting our neighbors. #wearealldc Incredible turnout in DC yesterday, including a strong AAUP contingent. @aaupmason.bsky.social @gwaaup.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social

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AAUP @aaup.org · 04/09/2025

In April, the AAUP & our Harvard chapter sued the Trump admin for demanding that Harvard censor speech & restructure core operations or else face $8.7 billion in funding cuts. We hope this decision clarifies to Harvard’s administration that bargaining w/ tyrannical authoritarians is unacceptable.

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

TODAY! 4–5:30pm ET Zoom panel discussion by CU-AAUP: LEGAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE COLUMBIA AGREEMENT An expert panel of law professors will address questions about CU’s resolution agreement. Open to Barnard & Columbia faculty. MUST register by 12pm, link here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Legal Perspectives on the Columbia Agreement. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Out today in the Columbia Spectator — faculty from CUIMC Stands Up & CU Faculty Alliance reframe the narrative about antisemitism at Columbia through an analysis of the HEALS data. Read it here ⬇️ www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

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Reframing the narrative on antisemitism at Columbia: What the data says

In March, President Donald Trump’s administration abruptly terminated numerous federally funded scientific research projects at Columbia. According to personal correspondence with multiple Columbia Un...

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Thank you to Rise Up, Columbia for the astute analysis as usual and the footnote shoutout to CUIMC Stands Up! We’re a group of medical campus faculty & staff firmly against the exchange of our values for grant funds, even as our jobs & careers are at risk. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/riseupco...

Columbia's Agreement with the Federal Government
RISE UP, COLUMBIA
TODAY AT 12:17 PM
The Columbia administration has finally done what many of us have urged it not to do: it has signed a bad agreement with the federal government to address the government's phony concerns about
Columbia. Here is the document. And here, importantly, is President Shipman's letter outlining her view of the document.

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

At Columbia, we’re also facing challenges as layoffs continue, threatening the integrity of research + diversity driving our excellence. We need ACTION to protect academic freedom, scholars, & research. We demand our leaders: 🧬 Protect science 🔬 Preserve innovation 👩‍🔬 Support education & research

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

So far ~250 Columbia affiliates have signed a petition calling to remove Shoshana Shendelman from CU Board of Trustees + boards of CUIMC & VP&S: www.bit.ly/Remove-Trustee After an FDA warning letter ‼️ she allegedly misled investors re: company prospects Read more: theintercept.com/2025/05/27/c...

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Columbia Trustee Got Sued for Securities Fraud — Then Left Her Pharma Firm Under a Cloud

Columbia trustee Shoshana Shendelman sold millions in stock as she was going back and forth with the FDA. Then the drug got rejected.

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

@columbiamed.bsky.social posted this on X? CUIMC has many obesity medicine docs, dietitians, etc. who study nutrition. Trustee Shoshana Shendelman isn’t one of them She’s been sued for fraud (hiding FDA concerns). Faculty have a petition to remove her from CU leadership: bit.ly/Remove-Trustee

Screenshot of a X post from @ColumbiaMed: Obesity is a serious public health issue nationwide, affecting nearly 20% of children in the U.S. To effectively address this crisis, @columbiaps' Dr. Shoshana Shendelman stresses the importance of collaboration between the pharmaceutical industry and community organizations like Make America Healthy Again (MAHA)
@: columbiamed.link/4eeUeFr

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Still thinking about the official Columbia Medical Center @columbiamed.bsky.social X account posting about the “importance of collaboration” between pharma and Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) as if MAHA is a legit org and not a gov. committee & broader movement, both widely considered unscientific

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AAUP @aaup.org · 01/07/2025

"A reduction in federal research funding on the scale currently contemplated for fiscal year 2026 will have a catastrophic effect on the advancement of biomedical & biotechnology capabilities in the United States." This is utter madness. Massive cuts to US scientific research will harm everyone.

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

June 30, 2025 Columbia University ICE Protest - NYC Activists with the Irving Medical Center held photos of students that have been targeted for deportation due to political speech. Instagram: @cufaculty_alliance Instagram: @cuimstandup Bluesky: @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social Facebook: CUIMC Stands Up

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

This week’s Columbia vigil will be at 116th & Broadway tomorrow (Monday) at noon. All are welcome, bring a friend or colleague! We will again be holding photographs of ALL targeted students. They’re out of detention, but still targeted with attempted deportation for political speech #CampusVigils

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

We’re thrilled that Mahmoud Khalil has been reunited with his family Our weekly vigils will continue at Columbia in protest of ICE detentions, deportations & displacement Join us tomorrow 6/23 @ 12pm 📍Broadway & 116th Please wear black, bring sun protection & water. We’ll be out for at least 30m

Close up photo of people’s hands holding black and white photos of 3 people’s faces: Mahmoud Khalil, Yunseo Chung, and Ranjani Srinivasan, three Columbia students who have faced government persecution for pro-Palestinian speech

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Rise Up, Columbia published a helpful breakdown of latest report from CU’s Task Force on Antisemitism: “In presenting a report that shows (and explicitly says it shows) basically equal levels of fear and discomfort on the part of Muslim and Jewish students… (cont.) open.substack.com/pub/riseupco...

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New Anti-Semitism Task Force Report

Columbia’s controversial Task Force on Antisemitism has released a third report. This one summarizes the results of a student survey on the campus climate commissioned by the task force. The survey is...

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Columbians Against Kings! 🦁❌👑 We had such a vibrant Columbia contingent at the NYC No Kings March!! 💙✊ Columbia faculty and staff will continue standing up for our research, our teaching, and most crucially, our students! 📸: @ninaber.bsky.social #NoKings #RiseUpHigherEd #HandsOffOurStudents

Photo of Columbia contingent at NYC No Kings March with a large sign that says Columbians Against Kings. People are holding umbrellas and wearing rain ponchos. A t shirt in the front says Columbians Fighting Back over an upside down crown.

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Columbia: Join our weekly vigil tomorrow (6/16) 12–1PM to say Hands Off Our Students & Colleagues facing government persecution for speech 📍MAIN CAMPUS: 116th & Broadway 📍CUIMC: Haven Plaza Please wear black & remain silent during this 1-hr vigil #CampusVigils #HandsOffOurStudents #RiseUpHigherEd

Image of a handwritten postcard with a question written by a Columbia community member for the Board of Trustees: “1- Why don't you defend your students and protect them from deportation?”

Columbia faculty & staff wearing black stand at a vigil on the Morningside campus and hold images of students and colleagues who have been detained / persecuted by the government

Columbia faculty & staff wearing black stand at a vigil on the CUIMC campus and hold images of students and colleagues who have been detained / persecuted by the government

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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Cartoon, single frame: scientist in a lab coat that says NIH standing with hands up in the road in front of a military tank that says Kill Science in front of the White House flying a red flag that says Trump

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Last week, faculty & staff across @columbiauniversity.bsky.social campuses gathered questions for the Board of Trustees on postcards then delivered them during their meeting on campus! 📬 HUNDREDS of CU community members wrote postcards w/ questions or submitted them online ✉️✍️ Read them here ⬇️

Messy pile of postcards with handwritten questions for Columbia trustees

group of faculty and staff and Roaree the lion mascot knocking on the door of low library attempting to deliver the postcards

Photo of Low Library at Columbia taken from in front of the Alma Mater statue which is visible to the left, on the right the postcards which were left taped to the door of Low are visible in the background

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AAUP @aaup.org · 06/06/2025

The Trump administration’s attempt to strip Columbia University of its accreditation is yet another authoritarian attempt to control what can be said, thought, taught, and learned on college campuses. Full statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson:

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Trump’s Attack on Accreditation Continues Dangerous Assault on American Higher Ed

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Our “Defunded Science Fair” was a huge success! Thank you to all who showed up to present. We had such great conversations with alumni on campus for alumni weekend. If you missed it, we hope to host another — stay tuned!

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

If you'd like to participate as a researcher, you can still sign up to present a poster (like that one you have rolled up in your office....): bit.ly/defunded-science Or you can just show up to participate or support & we'll have a sign for you to hold! Alt location: Sidewalk on Broadway & 115th.

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Defunded Science Fair: Scientists and Health Researchers Meet & Greet during Alumni Weekend

You can still sign up here to either present a poster of your defunded research or carry a sign saying "Ask me about my Defunded Research" so that we can interact with alumni about our defunded resear...

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

TODAY (5/31) 12pm: Columbia University researchers whose grants have been cut will be at our "DEFUNDED SCIENCE FAIR" 🧬🔬🔭🥼🧪🌍🌋📊 Come out to College Walk to hear about our work, why funding was terminated, & how this defunding will impact the Columbia community — and health care & science everywhere.

Poster for the “Defunded Science Fair”
White text on blue background, a slightly transparent image of Alma Mater (a statue on Columbia’s campus) and Low Library taken from a low angle boarders the bottom of the page.

Learn about
The US Government's CUTS to Science and Medical Research at Universities
CUT: Anything on Climate
CUT: Anything on Global Health
CUT: Anything on Social Determinants of Health
CUT: Anything on Women's Health
CUT: Anything on LGBTQ+ Health
AND
At Columbia the CUTS have gone even further including research for Alzheimer's, Cancer, Pediatric health, and EVERY young medical and public health investigator training program!
Come join to hear from Columbia University Science and Medical Researchers who have lost their federal grant funding for the Defunded Science Fair
What: Posters and meet and greet (*Ask me about my defunded
research') with Columbia Science and Medical researchers
When: Saturday 5/31/2025 Alumni Weekend 12-2pm
Where: On College Walk between Low and Butler Library (or alternatively
on the sidewalk on Broadway and 115th).

Black text on white background, all caps, reads: ASK ME ABOUT
MY
DEFUNDED RESEARCH

Underneath, red text on white background, all caps, with a boarder around and in the style of a stamp with a printed texture, the word:
“TERMINATED”

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Today, faculty and staff from across Columbia's campuses again stood together in silence for one hour to call for an end to the persecution of our colleagues and students. 📸: @ninaber.bsky.social #CampusVigils #HandsOff #RiseUpHigherEd

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Columbia community! Join us for a SPECIAL VIGIL TOMORROW (5/30) at 12pm at the Sundial on Morningside campus. Our silent vigils call for an end to the government persecution of our students and colleagues. Please wear black if you’d like to stand with us for this 1-hour vigil.

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