Universities across the U.S. have announced hiring freezes due to the risk of federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration.

UW is freezing its non-essential staff hiring and limiting future faculty hiring in response to incoming federal policy changes

The University of Washington has frozen non-essential hiring and travel, effective immediately, amid federal and state funding uncertainty.

Facing a looming budget shortfall and recent federal policy changes possibly impacting higher education institutions in Washington state, UW introduced significant financial risk mitigation efforts to