{"id":123003,"date":"2025-06-12T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=123003"},"modified":"2025-06-11T17:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T22:41:12","slug":"dr-davies-addresses-unmcs-planning-to-adjust-to-federal-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/06\/12\/dr-davies-addresses-unmcs-planning-to-adjust-to-federal-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Davies addresses UNMC’s planning to adjust to federal issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, said campus leaders are planning for anticipated federal funding cuts, even as they lobby and advocate for maintaining federal support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his June all-campus forum, Dr. Davies acknowledged the last six months have been unsettling with the many federal changes announced. While UNMC\u2019s advocacy is ongoing, he said that the campus cannot simply hope the situations will return to what they were, such as the cut to indirect research funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have to really make sure that we\u2019re planning for this, which is what we\u2019re doing,\u201d Dr. Davies told forum attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that the community continues to look to UNMC to be a leader, and he said the UNMC community will get through the challenges together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re as well positioned as any organization to get through this,\u201d he said, \u201cand I really believe that we will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Davies encouraged the campus to attend today\u2019s research town hall, organized by the UNMC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. The town hall will be held from 3-4 p.m. at the Durham Research Center auditorium (DRC 1, Room 1002). It also will be available via Zoom; UNMC faculty, students and staff are welcome and can access the discussion via this campus event listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will feature UNMC\u2019s Howard Fox, MD, PhD. Dr. Fox will discuss his role\u00a0as one of four representatives of academic medical centers on a national joint association effort to develop a new indirect costs funding model with the\u00a0federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Davies said campus leaders continue to monitor the situation with the federal government that reportedly paused scheduling new visa appointments for students and scholars as they prepare to implement expanded social media screening. This is expected to be a temporary measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing the issue of immigration enforcement, campus leaders reiterated that UNMC is dedicated to ensuring the safety of everyone on its campuses and will adhere to all laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, see UNMC\u2019s 2025 federal transition webpage.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Davies also welcomed two UNMC Faculty Senate leaders to the all-campus forum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n