UT could lose up to $18 million for research under sequestration
Source: statesman.com Posted By: Candace George..4259 days ago
University of Texas graduate student Joe Hanson has shaped his lifestyle to accommodate the meager salary he earns as a genetic engineering biology researcher. He supplements his income with a job as a college teaching assistant. He and his wife don’t take vacations; they drive a 1999 Ford truck with manual windows. They have even postponed having children.
But federal budget cuts to college research dollars have Hanson, who makes $25,000 a year, rethinking his career choice. According to the....