Hundreds join Stand Up for Science March of CSU instead of the old town
Nearly 1,000 people went from the Colorado State University in place of the old town in Fort Collins as part of a national movement to defend science.
Thousands of people joined Friday against the Asset administration Financing of research cuts. And the federal agencies responsible for advancing science.
Nicknamed “Defend science“The rallies have brought together leading researchers, former administrators and people who have benefited from medical advances. Tallahassee, Floridaand even in France.
“I am a patriot, I like my country”, Dr Francis Collins, former longtime director of the National Health Institutes who suddenly resigned from the agency in February, Tell participants in the National Mall. “And I’m worried about my country right now.”
Collins, doctor-scientist, served in multiple democratic and republican administrations over three decades, including pioneering work Human genome projectThis has led to progress in medicine and has strengthened understanding of human biology.
At the end of his speech, he caught his brand guitarWith strands of DNA double propeller on his neck. He then played a Singalong for “all the right people”, from students to doctors, he said.
“We are united by this noble dream,” he sang.
See the photos of the rallies across the country.