He defended the Rally of Science in Washington Square Park in New York City on March 7
James Denin
Thousands of people in cities throughout the United States protested the Trump administration’s discounts on scientific financing on March 7.
In New York City, more than a thousand people gathered in Washington, Square Park, chanting, “Science Boxes, not War!” People carried banners to support science and extract discounts, including a sign: “Science makes America great.”
The protest was one of the 30 “standing for science” gatherings in cities all over the United States, with more than 150 events all over the world expected. The researchers also came out of the laboratories as part of the protest.
Since the opening of President Donald Trump on January 20, the administration has canceled or freezing billions of dollars from federal funding for scientific and medical research. Several discounts focused on research related to diversity, fairness and integration (Dei), as well as research on climate change and sex. The administration also launched thousands of federal employees in American scientific agencies, including in the National Oceanic and Air Force Administration, National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Science is something that should be cherished. I think every person should be here. He says,” I prefer to be in my laboratory at work with my cells Anna VivivetoThe neuroscientist in Will Cornell Medicine, who attended the New York protest. She was carrying a sign, “Very bad, even introverts here.”
The demonstrators maintain marks during a science gathering position in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on March 7
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“The science is being attacked and funding is reduced in a way that affects the well -being of our nation now and for many decades,” said Maya, a post -PhD researcher at the University of Colombia University in New York. She says she and her colleagues have lost funding for their research.
The largest gathering happened in Washington, DC, where thousands of people attended. Among the speakers there is Bill Nai, the science man. Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); And many members of Congress. More than 1500 people attended the New York event, where prominent researchers also spoke, including the theoretical physicist of Harvard Lisa Randal, and the chief scientist in Meta I Yan Lacun and Harold Pharmos, a former director of the National Institutes of Health and Nobel Prizuenr.
Researchers from all over the world attended the New York protest. America was very exceptional for science. We really believe that science made America great. “We are very disappointed because everything will be destroyed,” says a French cancer biologist, who asked not to be identified.
New world He also spoke with scientists from Argentina, Israel, Canada and Australia in the gathering. Many of them were concerned about the United States leaving to continue their work. “I am sad. Viviveto, from Argentina, says:” I thought I would make this my home and do my knowledge here. “
Dennis RobbinsHe was a teacher of science at Hunter College in New York, bearing a mark saying: “Now I am a crazy world.” He says he carried the same mark in the first “science march” protest in 2017. “It is amazing that we still have to gather for science, and someone must talk about the meaning of democracy in democracy.”
#Standupforscience2025 In Michigan Capitol. It is still the right time to go out and call to maintain science financing and make evidence -based decisions by our government. pic.twitter.com/jvtktzocaf
– Rebecca Santelli (she/she) (@rebecCasantelli) March 7, 2025
We stood up! We were very proud to lend our voices (and our talents in making marks) to support scientific research. #Searchmatters #Standupforscience2025 #Scienceforall #Sciencenotsilence pic.twitter.com/mofmrnvkuv
– Ndri (ndri_resource) March 7, 2025
A large crowd in the science march in Feli! More popular sign “I left the laboratory for this”. The protest has just started so come and join us! #MARCHFORSCIENCE #Science #phillly
– Melissa Schusterman (@Melshust.bsky.social)) March 7, 2025 at 11:04 am
For American and international researchers live from Paris #Standupforscience2025 pic.twitter.com/mvl6jysutg
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