Tribune Online After Trump’s funding cuts, US varsity to lay off over 2,000 employees Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday that it will be laying more than 2,000 employees following the Trump administration’s decision to slash $800 million in funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID). After Trump’s funding cuts, US varsity to lay off over 2,000 employees Tribune Online
Johns Hopkins University will lay off over 2,000 employees, primarily in international roles, due to $800 million in funding cuts from USAID under the Trump administration. The layoffs will affect the schools of medicine and public health, the Center for Communication Programs, and Jhpiego. The university cited the loss of funding as forcing them to wind down critical work, and has joined other universities in a lawsuit challenging related NIH funding cuts.
