[Y]oung scientists represents the future of American science: the next innovators, mentors, and developers of lifesaving treatments.
These cancellations were framed as a way to hold universities accountable, to send a message. But let’s be clear: It isn’t institutions that are being punished. It’s the researchers who are the future of science in this country — the ones who spend long hours at lab benches, running experiments, analyzing data.
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If Americans want to maintain our leadership in science and innovation, we need to restore the pact that has always sustained it: that when students devote their lives to discovery that serves all of us, we will stand by them. Anything less is a betrayal — not only of them, but of the future they are trying to build for all of us.
