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From applied #scientist at Amazon to #student and #researcher at Princeton! 👋 Meet @PrincetonCS Ph.D. student Varun Rao, who recently sat down with undergraduate student Tsion Kergo '26 to discuss his transition from industry to academia, his research interests, and how curious students can get involved.

"I realized that not a lot of pressing challenges in computer science have a purely technical solution anymore, and they deserved interdisciplinary approaches." 🔗 🔽

blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/0

If you're a science communicator working in Canada, don't miss this timely virtual discussion! This expert panel will help make sense of what's happening in US science and its implications for Canadian science communicators (and in general, everyone who cares about science):
sciencewriters.ca/event-614331
#scicomm #canada #science #scientist #journalism

sciencewriters.caScience Writers and Communicators of Canada - What Canadian Science Communicators Need to Know About the Changing US Science Landscape
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…A GoFundMe page set up by Anderson for #KseniyaPetrova said that the researcher was hired to work for #Harvard Medical School & had entered the US on a #WorkVisa. Anderson did not specify which work #visa category Petrova was under.
…Reports of Petrova’s detention come just weeks after a French #scientist was denied entry in the US this month after US #immigration officers searched his phone & found messages critical of #Trump.
#immigration #law #Constitution #DueProcess #CivilRights #DualState

Russian #scientist from #Harvard Medical School detained by #ICE
Cora Anderson, a friend & colleague of #KseniyaPetrova, shared the news of Petrova’s detention, saying Petrova arrived at #Boston’s Logan airport on 16 Feb from a trip to France when she was stopped by US authorities who revoked her #visa & told her she was to be deported to #Russia. In response, Petrova said she feared political persecution & was then sent to a #detention facility.

#immigration #law #Trump
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · Russian scientist working at Harvard detained by Ice at Boston airportBy Maya Yang

How a French researcher being refused entry to the US turned into a diplomatic mess.

The researcher was detained by police at the airport for over a day before being sent back to France, leaving his work computer and cell phone in the US.

The US administration states that the scientist had sensitive data on his computer and phone, contradicting the version of events put forward by the French research minister, who publicised the incident.

mediafaro.org/article/20250322

George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston, Texas. | DANIEL SLIM / AFP
Le Monde · How a French researcher being refused entry to the US turned into a diplomatic mess.By Laure Belot, Sandrine Cabut, Arnaud Leparmentier, Hervé Morin, Piotr Smolar