US EditionScience under siege: Trump cuts threaten to undermine decades of research
- Scientists in the U.S. Are distressed due to policy changes and funding cuts since President Trump took office, leading to firings and reduced research support.
- Esther Ngumbi has written over 150 op-eds addressing important issues like diversity and climate change, leading to her being invited to testify before a U.S. Congress Subcommittee Hearing.
- Ngumbi emphasized the need for scientists to unite and express concerns about the negative impacts of policy changes on science and funding agencies.
- Scientists may fear retribution for writing about these issues, and Ngumbi advises them to consider the consequences before publishing op-eds.
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Why Cutting Basic Science Funding May Amount to Economic Unilateral Disarmament
Earlier this month, Eric Berger of Ars Technica reported that the White Houses’ first budget request of Donald Trump’s second term could be a fiscal reckoning for America’s government scientific enterprise. The National Science Foundation, a cornerstone of the country’s research infrastructure with its annual $9 billion purse, might face particularly savage cuts. According to Berger, Intelligence from within the administration suggested the agen…
Trump Cuts Research Lab That Helped Nurture ‘Mississippi Miracle’
When Mississippi lawmakers in 2013 approved legislation to improve students’ basic reading skills, it fell to State Superintendent Carey Wright to make it happen. She ensured that all K-3 teachers were trained in the “Science of Reading” and hired literacy coaches at schools that had the highest percentage of low-achievers. Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter To guide the effort, Wright turned …
Science Under Threat: How Researchers Can Fight Back
Scientists like me across the U.S. are distressed following the many policy changes, funding elimination, and firings that have happened since President Trump took office. More than ever, scientists must unite in solidarity and share the negative impact these extreme measures will have on science, U.S. science funding agencies and people’s lives. Speaking up can …
POLITICO: ‘US science is feeling the Trump chill’ – ‘Trump’s assault on federal spending, climate science & diversity initiatives is fueling an existential crisis for vast web of research institutions’
By Arianna Skibell President Donald Trump’s assault on federal spending, climate science and diversity initiatives is fueling an existential crisis for the nation’s vast web of research institution…
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