Indiana Public Media covered the upcoming budget cuts recently announced for the Center for Research on Race & Ethnicity in Society. An excerpt from the article reads:
Indiana University's Center for Research on Race & Ethnicity in Society is facing an uncertain future after budget cuts.
CRRES will lose about half of its funding in 2025, said Director Sylvia Martinez. IU Research already cut $43,392 in funds this year, she said, and the Provost’s Office will pull about $204,000 next year.
The center serves as a hub for race and ethnicity research across disciplines. Martinez said current programs — undergraduate research, postdoctoral fellowships, and grant funding — will be trimmed or eliminated.
“So many people mention us as a model,” Martinez said. “And then it leads to divestment– just devastating. It just doesn't make sense.”