Evanston, IL (Evanston RoundTable)

In April, the Trump administration's war against the nation's preeminent academic institutions intensified, effectively severing a symbiotic relationship -- a partnership in scientific innovation -- that dated back to World War II.

A blitzkrieg of stop-work orders and grant terminations bombarded the email inboxes of the country's best and brightest.

The impact was explosive. On the Northwestern University campus alone, the crater in federal resources was massive: $790 million (roughly 80 percent of the total research funding the school received in 2024).

University leaders listed some of the casualties: "research into wearable devices, robotics, nanotechnology, foreign military training, Parkinson's disease and many other critical research programs."

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