Williams College science faculty, students, rally against Trump administration layoffs of scientists

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Bhattacharya and other faculty members in both computer and physical sciences said the Trump administration's orders have put research experience for undergraduates and Ph.D. students in jeopardy.
51% : " A lot of federal grant money goes back into hiring students as research assistants and buying equipment in order to properly conduct research with students.
46% : Science professors and students want lawmakers to know that the Trump administration's cuts and policy changes are impacting both their work today and the future of scientific research.
46% : "We wouldn't have GPS, we wouldn't have the internet, we wouldn't have all this basic medicine if we didn't have public funding of science," Keith said.
43% : They also protested to defend diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in science, initiatives Trump has promised to eliminate.
39% : Computer science assistant professor Katie Keith, who organized Friday's rally with Bhattacharya and Singh, said reducing public funding for science this drastically will harm the U.S. in the long-run.

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