There continues to be significant uncertainty about the full financial impact of the ongoing volatility of the national economic landscape,” university officials wrote in a letter on Thursday.

University leaders say the freeze will begin immediately and remain in effect through the end of the 2025 fiscal year.

Early Thursday morning, Brown announced it would be implementing a temporary, staff-wide hiring freeze in response to the “uncertainty we now face from federal actions.” The freeze will begin immediately and remain in effect through the end of the 2025 fiscal year for positions “with any component of unrestricted funds.”