Hundreds gathered at UC Berkeley to decry the Trump administration’s slashing of research funding, its crackdown on DEI and investigations into more than 50 universities.

The University of California has imposed a system-wide hiring freeze and made additional cuts, its president said on Wednesday, as part of efforts to try to mitigate the impact of sharp cuts in federal funding.

UC President Michael V. Drake announced the decision to implement the freeze as an effort to manage costs and conserve funds as the school faces funding reductions at both the state and federal levels.