Todd L. Pittinsky

UCLA students and researchers protest the Trump administration’s funding cuts for research, health and higher education in April 2025. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

The Ivies can weather the Trump administration’s research cuts – it’s the nation’s public universities that have the most to lose

While headlines focus on Harvard and Columbia, state universities train far more STEM students, power the nation’s research engine and have fewer resources to weather sweeping cuts.

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