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Here’s the latest news from the front lines of science advocacy in Indiana.

Please join us CSIU and ASIU for the“Stand Up for Science” rally in Indianapolis

Friday, March 7, 12:00 - 2:00 PM Indiana Statehouse South Lawn

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See CSIU’s Letter to IU President Pamela Whitten and Provost Rahul Srivastav asking for a public statement in support of the scientific community here at IU.

Concerned Scientists @ IU, together with its student affiliate Advocates for Science @ IU, wrote to President Pamela Whitten and Provost Rahul Srivastav asking them to “break their silence and speak publicly in support of the scientific community here at Indiana University.” The letter notes that “our community—and IU’s students, in particular—feel embattled and increasingly threatened by the pace and tenor of the drastic changes that are taking place in Washington and Indianapolis: disrupted research projects, uncertain or rescinded grant funding, disappearing internships, lost graduate study opportunities, threats to international and undocumented students, loss of diversity programs, impact of indirect cost cuts and funding pauses, attacks on LGBTQ colleagues, loss of reproductive rights, and more.” The letter asks them to clarify, ““Where does the IU leadership stand on these issues?” Read the full letter here.

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See CSIU’s Letter on the nomination of RFK Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services

Concerned Scientists @ IU, together with its student affiliate Advocates for Science @ IU, wrote to Senators Todd Young and Jim Banks in strong opposition to the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services. The letter notes that “We agree with the nation’s major scientific and public health organizations such as the American Public Health Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, the Union of Concerned Scientists and 77 American Nobel Prize winners that the confirmation of RFK would represent a clear and present danger to the health of Americans.” Read the full letter here.

See CSIU’s Open Letter to Legislators on proposed changes to higher education in Indiana

“Without an unfettered access to state-of-the-art science and engineering, our faculty and students—and ultimately the communities you represent—will be the long-term losers if this bill passes. Our continued ability to recruit and retain the best and the brightest future leaders from America’s top academic institutions depends on the integrity of our universities as well as how our institutions are perceived from outside the borders of our state. This bill will ultimately diminish the stature of our educational system, the quality of our workforce, the safety of patients or consumers, and the ability of our citizens to make informed, evidence-based decisions as parents or voters.”

See CSIU’s Open Letter to Legislators on proposed restrictions to abortion access

“On the basis of this medical and public health evidence, we conclude that abortion is, and should remain, a fundamental part of women’s health care in Indiana” and ask the legislature to “reject Senate Bill 1 and any related legislation that would reject or further restrict Hoosier women’s access to this essential part of health care.”