March for Science Group

03/20/2017

"The March [for Science] 'presents … a very real, high-profile opportunity to call on our elected leaders to remember the role science plays in our society and to support scientific innovation and discovery, and the people and programs that make it possible,' wrote AGU CEO Chris McEntee."

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/will-they-or-won-t-they-what-science-groups-are-saying-about-joining-march-science

American Chemical Society latest endorser, with conditions

03/20/2017

"Small-town America relies on a steady flow of doctors from around the world to deliver babies, treat heart ailments and address its residents’ medical needs. But a recent, little-publicized decision by the government to alter the timetable for some visa applications is likely to delay the arrival of new foreign doctors, and is causing concern in the places that depend on them."


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/us/doctor-shortage-visa-policy.html?_r=0

Small-town America relies on a program that attracts foreign physicians to underserved areas. A recent federal change, however, could delay newcomers.

03/20/2017

The HBO film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks debuts April 22!
Learn more about this incredible, important story:
https://www.theguardian.com/…/henrietta-lacks-cells-medical…
Read the op-ed issued by the Johns Hopkins Editorial Board: http://www.jhunewsletter.com/…/editorial-why-we-shouldnt-f…/
Find out how to support and contact the Lacks family: http://www.lacksfamily.com/

http://www.hbo.com/movies/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks

Learn more about the HBO Film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, starring Oprah on HBO.com.

03/17/2017

"Using the hard earned cash of the citizens, all of them—has constituted an enduring bond between the scientist and the public. It was clear that we were, as scientists, bound by the necessity to pay them back not in kind, but in knowledge and technology and health. And they, the citizens, took pride and well deserved ownership of our progress. I truly believe that this mutual investment and trust is what made science in the United States of America a model to follow for the rest of the world, and also gave us the tremendous progress of the last decades. Huge setbacks will ensue if this erodes.”


https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/trump-budget-cuts-science/519825/

Private funding isn't enough to offset the president's proposed budget cuts, they say.

03/17/2017

BREAKING: Former Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President, Dr. John P. Holdren just released this statement in response to the proposed budget cuts to government science agencies.

03/17/2017

“These are some of the best and brightest people in our education system, who have chosen not to jump into careers that could immediately give them money because they believe in the enterprise. That’s going to demoralize a lot of people. It tells them both implicitly and explicitly that their government doesn’t care about their livelihood and the things that they believe in.”


https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/16/scientists-research-trump-budget/

The Trump administration's call to slash almost 20 percent of the NIH budget left scientists with a sense that the administration does not value their work.

03/17/2017

Today, March for Science is proud to announce 65 additional partnering organizations and close to 400 total satellite marches around the world! New major partners include the Cornell Alliance for Science, American Federation of Teachers, American Public Health Association, FASEB, The Field Museum, GSA - Genetics Society of America, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Society for Neuroscience, and United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers (UAW). Please visit the link below for a list of all new partnering organizations and to learn more about our video project starting March 20th!
As a not-for-profit, volunteer-led effort, the March for Science relies on its network of enthusiastic and dedicated supporters to make the March happen. In celebration of Pi Day (3/14), March for Science supporters are encouraged to contribute $31.42 through the MFS donation page:
https://sciencedebate.org/march.

https://www.marchforscience.com/press/2017/3/13/60-organizations-join-march-for-science-network-of-satellite-marches-nears-400-globally-launching-scienceserves-videos

03/14/2017

Check out NPR's show about the intersection of science and politics, featuring one of our organizers, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson!
"While the is political, it is not partisan," says. "Science has always been political."

http://the1a.org/shows/2017-03-07/march-for-science-dk

Scientists are organizing an unprecedented march in April.

03/14/2017

March for Science will be local to global!
http://www.eag.eu.com/eag-joins-the-march-for-science/

The European Association of Geochemistry, EAG, aims to promote geochemical research in Europe.

03/14/2017

"'It would allow employers to ask employees invasive questions about … genetic tests they and their families have undergone' and 'to impose stiff financial penalties on employees who choose to keep such information private, thus empowering employers to coerce their employees' into providing their genetic information." -Nancy Cox, president of the American Society of Human Genetics, in a letter to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce the day before it approved the bill.
https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/10/workplace-wellness-genetic-testing/

A House panel voted to allow employers to require workers to undergo genetic testing or risk paying a penalty of thousands of dollars.

03/14/2017

It's true: https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/our-mission-and-what-we-do

03/14/2017

What would we lose if immigrants could no longer come to America? One of the most important things America would lose is the contributions to science made by their children.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2017/03/11/83-of-americas-top-high-school-science-students-are-the-children-of-immigrants/

The children of immigrants often make unrecognized contributions, including becoming America's next generation of top scientists and engineers.