Related, unfortunately Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid research cuts (94 points, 2 hours ago, 78 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43144940
University of Pittsburgh has consistently been one of the top 10 recipients of NIH funding for at least 25 years
As I’ve said in the Penn thread: this is likely a temporary move, intended to be used for rhetoric. Eventually the faculty will complain, because they rely on large pyramids of postdocs and grad students for almost all labor. There’s simply no way to continue the work of university research without a strong supply of grad students. Once this is realized, and the NIH doesn’t bend, then grad admissions will increase again, and admin cuts will start, as they should.
See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43144940