Healey warns researchers leaving, students may stay away
- Governor Maura Healey expressed concerns about a potential brain drain from Massachusetts due to cuts in research funding and deportation threats toward foreign students, stating that the situation is damaging to the ecosystem of education and research.
- Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey warned of a brain drain due to cuts in research funding and deportations, stating that foreign students are afraid to study in the U.S. Amid ongoing news of deportations.
- Federal immigration authorities detained a Tufts PhD student on a residential street as part of increasing concerns about the treatment of foreign students amidst deportation orders from Trump.
- The National Institutes of Health terminated over 300 research grants, including critical funding for studies on LGBTQ health issues, which has led to financial turmoil and loss of jobs for researchers and staff.
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Healey warns researchers leaving, students may stay away
BOSTON (SHNS) - Gov. Maura Healey has spent the last few weeks using her bully pulpit to warn of a brain drain out of Massachusetts, as a consequence of President Donald Trump's cuts to research funding and the threat of foreign-born students being deported. "I've talked a lot about my concerns with what's happening with other governments being on the ground here in Massachusetts, looking to lure postdocs away. This is very problematic for this …
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