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Terence Tao focused on fundraising after federal funding to UCLA was suspended

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54 points breve | 6 comments | 31 Oct 25 11:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.649s | source | bottom
1. andsoitis ◴[31 Oct 25 14:08 UTC] No.45772149[source]▶
Why doesn’t UCLA or the University of California system (UCLA is a part), solve this for Tao’s program so that he can focus on the things he is uniquely positioned to do? I suppose it could’ve because he IS the marketing…
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2. qwerpy ◴[31 Oct 25 15:36 UTC] No.45773258[source]▶
The headline "Terence Tao focused on fundraising after federal funding to UCLA was suspended" also makes for better marketing than "UCLA diverts tiny part of massive war chest to address temporary funding issue".
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3. Yeul ◴[31 Oct 25 15:58 UTC] No.45773551[source]▶
The headline should be that America no longer has free and independent universities and is speed running China.
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4. stiglitz ◴[31 Oct 25 16:01 UTC] No.45773592[source]▶
That doesn’t seem like an accurate synopsis of the article at all.
5. Larrikin ◴[31 Oct 25 18:00 UTC] No.45774831{3}[source]▶
Maybe the USSR, China still seems to be innovating.
6. momoschili ◴[31 Oct 25 18:19 UTC] No.45775044[source]▶
These days the thing he is most unique positioned to do is not math, it's getting funding.