UC Davis scientists Marcelo Prado and Katie Zegarski load samples onto trays to test for the coronavirus in 2020. UC officials say cutting-edge research will be threatened if federal funds are reduced.
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More crowding in undergraduate classes. Worse patient care at health centers. Harm to academic and scientific research.
Those are some of the impacts officials fear will result from an across-the-board hiring freeze announced Wednesday by the 10-campus University of California in response to threatened cuts in federal funding and worries about state budget support. But given those uncertainties, UC leaders said they had no choice but to act now to conserve funds.
The potential decline in federal contracts and grants would “threaten our ability to deliver on our core missions, education, research, patient care, and student support services, and our work to expand educational access for…
