The Weekly Update Archive: June 2025

  1. June 27, 2025

    June 27, 2025

    Reconciliation Updates Over the past week, the Senate Parliamentarian reviewed H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act against the Senate’s “Byrd Rule”.  As revealed by the Senate Budget Committee’s Ranking Member several provisions appear to violate the rule, which – if interested – you can read the Ranking Member’s press releases. As these provisions are […]

  2. June 20, 2025

    June 20, 2025

    Department of Defense Indirect Cost Rate Late last week, the Department of Defense (DoD) sought to implement the agency’s earlier memorandum regarding the implementation of a 15% indirect cost cap. On June 16, the Association of American Universities, the American Council on Education, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and several institutions filed a […]

  3. Universities of Wisconsin Litigation Update – Updated 6/20/25

    June 20, 2025

    Since the beginning of the year, the Universities of Wisconsin has been reviewing federal legislative actions, regulatory changes, and Presidential executive orders. Some of our work has been to coordinate outreach and action on those issues affecting our UW universities. Here’s an update to the work the Universities of Wisconsin has been doing specifically on […]

  4. June 13, 2025

    June 13, 2025

    Letter from President Rothman to Congressional Delegation on Federal Budget Impact Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman sent a letter to Wisconsin’s congressional delegation expressing concern related to the proposed cuts to federal financial aid and federal research agencies contained within President Trump’s FY26 Discretionary Budget Request. The letter asks for Congress to keep these concerns in […]

  5. Letter from President Rothman to WI Congressional Delegation on Federal Budget Impact

    June 11, 2025

    Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman sent a letter to members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation on June 9 expressing concern to the indiscriminate cuts to federal financial aid programs contained within President Trump’s FY26 Discretionary Budget Request.

  6. June 6, 2025

    June 6, 2025

    Board of Regents Meeting Update At the June meeting of the Board of Regents, President Rothman shared his concerns related to the impacts of proposed changes to federal financial aid being discussed in Congress. He was joined by several UW-Milwaukee students who spoke directly to the importance of the Pell Grant as they pursue their […]