Biologist John Benning writes home to North Carolina: “The fruits of science are so widespread, they sometimes escape notice.” Decades of taxpayer-funded research made miracle gene therapies possible, saving countless children’s lives. 🧪🏠 @jbenning.bsky.social johnbenning.net/2025/08/01/a...

Neuroscientist Chris Camp writes home to Charleston, SC: “World-changing scientific discoveries are the products of decades of risky research.” From SC to Yale, his career was built by public science funding, now threatened by cuts. @chrisclaycamp.bsky.social www.postandcourier.com/opinion/lett...

Protect research, SC corruption | Letters

Letters to the editor: Protect federal funding for scientific research, corruption in South Carolina government.

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Frontline nurses Teri Mills and Donna Gaffney write to Oregon: OHSU is Portland’s largest employer. NIH funding brought $388M to Oregon, thousands of jobs and better healthcare care that extended Oregonians’ lives. 🧪🏠 @donnagaffney.bsky.social local.newsbreak.com/west-linn-ti...

Neuroscientist Michelle Chen writes home to Colorado: Inspired by the loss of a Broncos legend and the support of her public school teachers, she’s training to become a doctor-scientist to fight brain disorders and help serve her community. 🧪🏠 sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/chen...

CHEN: I am standing up for science because science saves lives - Sentinel Colorado

'Funding scientific and medical research is a nonpartisan issue. We all benefit from its progress, and we all suffer if it stalls'

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Clinical psychologist Brittany Rohl urges Long Islanders to support science funding, “As your neighbor and a product of this community…I offer my perspective not to tell you what to think, but to offer a look behind the scenes.”🧪🏠 @brittanyrohl.bsky.social www.babylonbeacon.com/articles/new...

New York can’t afford to lose federal scientific funding - Babylon Beacon

Growing up in Babylon, there were endless opportunities to explore. During the summers, while my dad cleaned the fish he caught, I would collect the discarded parts and try to fit them back together —...

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Physicist Gregor Dairaghi writes home to California: “It may be tempting to relegate these concerns as hurdles to be dealt with by universities, but doing so overlooks the broader connection between academia and society.” 🧪🏠 www.paloaltoonline.com/guest-opinio...

Guest Opinion: Science is stronger with robust federal funding

As a kid in Palo Alto, I grew up within a culture that championed science and technology as a force for societal progress. Today, however, science is tinged with the scent of fear.

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From farm to faculty. Writing home to his community in Minnesota, Prof Jim Magnuson explains that the powerhouse behind U.S. research is the infrastructure, paid by “indirect costs”. “This system has made U.S. science the strongest in the world.” 🧪🏠 www.hometownsource.com/county_news_...

Farm to faculty: How federal research funding changes lives and boosts Minnesota's economy

When I was growing up on a farm near Cambridge, I never met a scientist. I didn’t know what scientific research was or how people became scientists. I graduated from

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Science funding is essential for Michigan cancer biologists Seema Shah and Kingsley Osuala as they carry forward America’s strong legacy in cancer research. As Mary Lasker said: “If research is expensive, try disease.” 🧪🏠 @princess-vimentin.bsky.social www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...

Opinion: Federal research is a launchpad for future Michigan scientists

“If research is expensive, try disease," said Mary Lasker.

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Come see Science Homecoming presenting our project at Cog Sci @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social @cogscisociety.bsky.social

steven t. piantadosi@spiantado.bsky.social · last yr.

@cogscisociety.bsky.social conference: Friday August 1st at 4:00pm, Salon 2 - join @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social and two other speakers at the symposium, 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

🚨 Speak Out for Science: Testimonial Action Day is to empower scientists at all levels (students, postdocs, faculty) to share their personal stories and make their voices heard by elected representatives. Join us on Zoom, 1 July at 7:00 pm ET. Register: forms.gle/38ZtznWT3fxe... 🔭

Microbiologist Annie Hinson writes home to South Carolina, where “one in five adults report poor oral health, and nearly half of the state’s children have tooth decay.” Research improves oral health 🧪🏠 @anniethescientist.bsky.social www.postandcourier.com/opinion/lett...

Keep NIH funding, celebrate mindfully | Letters

Letters to the editor: Keep NIH funding, celebrate the Fourth of July mindfully.

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Geneticist Amanda Weiss writes home to NY that science cuts mean it will be much harder for talented Long Islanders to become scientists.🧪🏠 @amandan-weiss.bsky.social www.longislandpress.com/2025/06/29/o...

Op-Ed: Eliminating federal support will make it harder for some Long Islanders to become scientists

Recent federal actions will make it even harder for students from disadvantaged backgrounds to become scientists.

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Here is dad’s article: www.beenews.com/clarence_bee...

Letter to the Editor: Nation must continue funding STEM education

For our country to maintain its stature as a global leader in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), our federal government must invest in its research and development. Its investmen...

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Biologist Daren Card shows how science is global, but rooted in places like Chautauqua County, NY. At his first international conference, the first person he met…was also from Chautauqua. Cuts to science threaten these global career pathways that start at home🧪🏠 www.post-journal.com/opinion/loca...

Threats To American Science Can Hurt Us All

In 2012 I packed up my possessions and left Jamestown to pursue a career and life in scientific research. My destination was Arlington, Texas, halfway across the country, where I had enrolled in the g...

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Neuroscientist Angela Bongiovanni writes to Berks County, PA about how rural students already face limited access to STEM education, and how this gap will only grow as the U.S. defunds science and loses its global edge. 🧪🏠 www.readingeagle.com/2025/06/20/t...

The missing millions: How my small-town education disadvantaged me for a career in science [opinion]

The odds are stacked against many students who might thrive in STEM fields.

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Proud Delaware County native Megha Nagaswami, now a clinical psychologist, writes about how her research supports groups in her hometown like the Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County. Recent funding cuts threaten the science that helps keep our communities safe. 🧪🏠

Megha Nagaswami@meghanagaswami.bsky.social · last yr.

I wrote an op-ed for my hometown newspaper as part of the ‪@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social‬ initiative about the life-saving importance of federal funding into domestic violence research and services: www.delcotimes.com/2025/06/25/g...

Infectious disease researcher Hailey Robertson writes home to Kansas, where bird flu reached four dairy cattle herds in 2024, to urge support for American science 🧪 🏠

Hailey Robertson@haileyrobertson.bsky.social · last yr.

A bit different from my usual writing, but excited (despite the circumstances) to share my op-ed in the Topeka Capital-Journal! I discuss recent NSF funding cuts and what they mean for Kansans, both now and in the future. 🌻 www.cjonline.com/story/opinio...

Federal research cuts threaten Washington’s apples, cherries, and hops. Plant scientist Sam Herr writes home to one of the country’s most productive farm regions: “Any unchecked pest, disease, or weather event could devastate industries that support Yakima.” 🧪🏠 www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/lett...

Letter: Cutting federal research threatens Yakima farms

Yakima will suffer from research cuts

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Biomedical engineer Hunter Gaudio writes home to New Jersey, “Imagine a future where annual blood work catches cancer in its earliest stages, years before symptoms appear.” Science funding builds that future. 🧪🏠 www.trentonian.com/2025/06/27/g...

Guest oped: Hope – The return on federal research funding

Imagine a future where annual blood work catches cancer in its earliest stages, years before symptoms appear. This isn’t science fiction; it’s the promise of current research.

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Geneticist John Fowler writing home to Georgia, “I’m a Clayton native – some of you likely know my mom…” urges Rabun County to keep American science strong 🧪🏠.

John Fowler (he/him)@jefowlerjr.bsky.social · last yr.

This opinion piece, just published in my hometown newspaper in GA, seeks to make a strong case for continued federal support for scientific research in the USA. It's one of many across the nation, part of the #McClintockLetters Initiative www.theclaytontribune.com/opinion-edit...

Ashley Eng writes to MA, “I would not have gotten my start in science without the passionate community of science teachers I had as a proud BHS and UMass alum.” But now, “Federal funding agencies are terminating grants without reason and our valued federal employees are losing their jobs.” 🧪🏠

Ashley Eng@ashyeneng.bsky.social · last yr.

I hope my #Brookline community sees how these cuts are affecting those around us and joins the fight to defend federal science funding. (2/2) @brooklinenews.bsky.social @samjmintz.bsky.social brookline.news/re-the-world...

Writing to Pennsylvania: Cassidy Pitts went from the Bucks County Science Fair to a scientist turning skin cells into neurons for organ transplants. Cutting science has severe consequences. “We’ll feel them directly in Bucks County.” 🧪🏠

Cassidy Pitts@casspitts.bsky.social · last yr.

My piece for the McClintock Letter Initiative was published today! www.buckscountyherald.com/opinion/gues... Thank you to @cornellasap.bsky.social and @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social and others for helping me get involved

Op-eds across the country and an open letter are out today to fight for the future of science in honor of Barbara McClintock's birthday - including mine. Thanks to @cornellasap.bsky.social @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social and @standupforscience.bsky.social!! www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...

Research cuts will strangle our nation’s progress

The benefits of basic scientific study take time, even decades after an initial finding. Research cuts will hinder our progress.

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Inspired by many folks on here and the‬ #McClintockLetters @cornellasap.bsky.social I'm super excited that my op-ed is now available in The Summerville News in Chattooga, Co. GA!

Read the article and more about Spokane Washington here: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Brendon Davis: Funding science is funding Spokane’s future

By Brendon Davis

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Here’s my contribution to the #McClintockLetters, published by QNS. Thank you @cornellasap.bsky.social for organizing this initiative! qns.com/2025/06/op-e...

Op-ed | How Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is bad for Queens – QNS

The Trump administration’s recent cuts to research funding and the scientific workforce are deeply troubling, as proposed in the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

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Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP)@cornellasap.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy 123rd Birthday, Dr. Barbara McClintock! Thank you to the #scientists participating in the nationwide #SciComm initiative, #McClintockLettters, that is in her honor. We are speaking to our local hometown communities about the value of federally funded research, and the impactful work we do.

For North Carolina, JP Flores writes “Imagine trying to water a thriving garden during a drought. You’ve nurtured it for years, but now the faucet is turned off. The plants wilt, the soil dries, and the promise of a bountiful harvest fades. This is what science in North Carolina feels like today.”🧪🏠

jp flores (he/him)@jpflores.rbind.io · last yr.

So proud to be a part of @snapcoalition.bsky.social! We’ve worked hard on the McClintock Letters and are excited to read everyone’s pieces! Check out 1/2 of my op-eds below: indyweek.com/news/opinion...

Astrophysicist Claire Lamman writes to Colorado, “the National Science Foundation offered me a spot in a program which gave students from rural areas the opportunity to do research at any US university. That program paved the way for my admission to the PhD program at Harvard University” 🧪🏠

Claire Lamman@clairelamman.bsky.social · last yr.

My article was just published! A few people have already told me how much they appreciate seeing a change from the local narrative. Major kudos to the McClintock Letters organizers for a well-coordinated and impactful program. www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2025/06/13/c...

For his hometown in West Virginia, “Zebrafish are cool. They’re just one of a handful of animals that can regenerate their brain, spine, and even heart after injury. Unsurprisingly, a lot can be learned from studying how these injured organs manage to grow back properly.” 🧪🏠

Rocky Diegmiller@rdiegmiller.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy to see the article I wrote in print back home! Thankful for the McClintock Letters organizers (‪@cornellasap.bsky.social‬) and Science Homecoming (@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social‬) for all their hard work in coordinating this effort.