Things are a little quiet with the continuing shutdown, so only a few updates today.
The government is still shut down. The Senate has now unsuccessfully voted on the House-passed stopgap budget, which would fund the government through November 20th, thirteen times. The House of Representatives has not been in session since September 19th.
Federal layoffs during the shutdown have now been indefinitely blocked by a federal judge.
The NYT published a report on Monday about the continuing shakeup at the CDC.
Stat has a report on how NIH grant recipients have altered the titles of their awards in order to receive funds this year.
New College of Florida has volunteered to be the first institution to sign the Compact for Excellence in Higher Education. The New York Times has some additional context.
Also in Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has directed state universities to “pull the plug” on the use of H1-B visas.
Williams College, which made headlines several months ago for pausing its acceptance of NIH and NSF grant funds, has removed diversity-related language from its faculty handbook and will soon resume accepting federal funds.