Columbia Cuts 180 Employees After ‘Intense’ Strain of Losing Federal Funding

Columbia University will cut 180 staffers working on research impacted by the Trump administration’s withdrawal of federal funding for grants, university leadership said in a statement Tuesday.

The school said the financial strain had become “intense” as it continued to fund individuals whose salaries and stipends had until recently been funded with federal support. The reductions amount to 20% of individuals employed by Columbia who were funded at least in part by now-terminated grants.