Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and a negotiator during Columbia University’s pro-Palestine encampment, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on March 8 despite his status as a lawful permanent resident.
During the rally, which drew hundreds of researchers, students, and activists to Federal Plaza, demonstrators called on the Trump administration to protect federal scientific research.
The announcement comes one month after the Department informed institutions and agencies that they had 14 days to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
The University's statement on the vandalism of a pro-Israel installation was released hours after the Department of Justice announced that the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism is directing its attention to antisemitism at Chicago-area universities.
We ask that the University publicly confirm that it will not cooperate with immigration authorities or with requests for information about students, faculty, and staff that are not strictly required by law.
In light of the Trump administration’s new executive orders, Rhodes Scholar Francesco Rahe explores trans identity at UChicago and underscores the importance of gender’s role in education.
The Trump loyalist discussed his position that ending birthright citizenship is the “right” interpretation of the Constitution. In response, law student groups organized a separate, concurrent event with two law professors opposed to redefining the 14th Amendment.
The Department of Education informed educational institutions in a letter Friday that they must end diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and policies or risk losing federal funding.
In a February 11 email, University President Paul Alivisatos warned that the NIH’s cuts to indirect cost funding threatened the University’s core interests.
“This is the biggest effort to reshape the U.S. Constitution since the Civil War,” David Super, a Georgetown University administrative and constitutional law professor, told the Maroon.
The lawsuit aims to block a Friday NIH directive that would slash “indirect” cost funding for researchers, threatening 52 million dollars in UChicago’s annual revenue.
