Science History Podcast
Science History Podcast
Frank A. von Hippel
Episode 93. Attacks on University Research: Claudia Polsky
1 hour 3 minutes Posted Aug 11, 2025 at 12:10 am.
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The year 2025 has seen the most aggressive moves ever by the US executive branch against scientific research as the Trump Administration has gutted federal science and regulatory agencies and cancelled billions of dollars in research grants that had already been awarded to universities. With me to discuss the Trump Administration attacks on university research is Claudia Polsky. Claudia is a clinical professor of law and the founding director of the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley.