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NNadir

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3. I went to a lecture this morning by Andrew Houck at Princeton, and when asked about the effect of DOGE...

Reply to MichMan (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 09:27 PM

Mar 2025

...on his work in quantum computing, he made that point, that Princeton is somewhat immune because of its endowment.

This said, not all Universities have these luxuries - Penn probably does - but nevertheless the attack on Science by the orange slime is very real and will have huge consequences.

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US universities curtail PhD admissions amid Trump science funding cuts [View all] NNadir Mar 2025 OP

Perfect: So many quotables. "toxic immigrant billionaire and a functional idiot who has never read a book ..." erronis Mar 2025 #1

They all have billion dollar endowments MichMan Mar 2025 #2

I went to a lecture this morning by Andrew Houck at Princeton, and when asked about the effect of DOGE... NNadir Mar 2025 #3

Penn only has $22 Billion in endowments MichMan Mar 2025 #4

An your point is what exactly? That science should be privatized and only for the wealthy? NNadir Mar 2025 #5

My point is that colleges would rather stop Phd programs instead of spending any of their own precious money on them MichMan Mar 2025 #6

Penn is hardly representative of American Universities, nor for that matter, is Princeton or any Ivy. Any disgust... NNadir Mar 2025 #7

Penn was specifically mentioned in the OP MichMan Mar 2025 #8