Overview

• The Trump administration has frozen $790 million in federal funding to Northwestern University, halting work on approximately 100 federal grants.
• Over 1,000 international student visas have been revoked without due process, creating widespread uncertainty for affected students at Northwestern and UIC.
• Northwestern and UIC students and faculty participated in the National Day of Action, calling for the preservation of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and protections for vulnerable students.
• Northwestern President Michael Schill pledged to continue funding research impacted by federal stop-work orders but did not detail how this would be achieved.
• Legal challenges have been filed by international students across the U.S., contesting the visa terminations while campus protests emphasize the broader threat to academic freedom and institutional autonomy.