Trump’s promise to reinstate travel bans has scientists deeply concerned Universities are cautioning foreign students to assess winter break travel plans

https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/25/trump-travel-bans-scientists-concerned-about-return-of-restrictions/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--YMw8x1sOWmBLrch_WoPX2Q8nKOxq15g5y66c5j68_1J1yTw8Op6g__PihWVLRhCIdiVyYUHNh1k_EanbQhQ2TfODhEQ&_hsmi=335661306&utm_content=335661306&utm_source=hs_email How Trump travel bans could affect scientists Within a week of taking office in 2017, Donald Trump signed an executive order prohibiting people from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S. The impacts were felt almost immediately in the science community, as researchers who’d planned to work here or present at scientific conferences suddenly weren’t able to enter the country. With his reelection, members of the life sciences community are concerned that Trump will make good on his campaign promise to reinstate and expand travel restrictions put in place during his first term. Travel limitations on international researchers could further stress the academic workforce, which is experiencing an unprecedented exodus of early-career life scientists, a trend that has already caused some projects to slow or stall. Read more from STAT’s Jonathan Wosen. Life scientists’ flight to biotech labs stalls important academic research Jonathan Wosen By Jonathan Wosen https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/15/life-sciences-graduates-choosing-biotech-labs-over-postdoc-research/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_lkcAJH_L5insvPzEjni0Zbzs3xuyoQt9zGXze4eqgcTptUPqqb3aBdJE6hus8i6UmUCkGm56sIpGDdnTgh-tWI_SqzQ&_hsmi=335661306&utm_content=335661306&utm_source=hs_email ‘The tipping point is coming’: Unprecedented exodus of young life scientists is shaking up academia Jonathan Wosen By Jonathan Wosen https://www.statnews.com/2022/11/10/tipping-point-is-coming-unprecedented-exodus-of-young-life-scientists-shaking-up-academia/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8vrHuvO9eE39lFmZmVEtGo1RXjBGuRkaXq9kZ5InE5iv4MvAXXfn4UNlFYVZnL_4rUorbwdoP6hDCMZOO4fQjgLcjWZA&_hsmi=335661306&utm_content=335661306&utm_source=hs_email