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Brain researchers host a teach-in to Stand Up For Science

High Angular Resolution Diffusion Image (HARDI) of the human brain shows long distance connections, or tracts, grouped on the basis of their anatomical neighborhood.
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High Angular Resolution Diffusion Image (HARDI) of the human brain shows long distance connections, or tracts, grouped on the basis of their anatomical neighborhood.

University Showcase, 8/19, 8:30a: University of New Mexico neuroscience researchers will hold a teach-in event Aug. 23 as part of . The national movement began earlier this year in the wake of what it called devastating cuts to federal research funding and infrastructure, as well as government censorship of scientific work. Stand Up For Science has been holding rallies across the country since February as well as education events.

While many news stories have focused on the Trump Administration has actually targeted public universities and colleges the most with funding terminations. That’s according to a by the Center for American Progress. The cuts have disrupted studies and prompted fears of a scientist brain drain to other countries.

A group of researchers to track the cuts.

The event, "Brainwaves and Breakthroughs," will take place on Aug. 23 at 3 p.m. at the Downtown Albuquerque Library.

GUESTS:
, post-doctoral fellow at UNM Center on Alcohol, Substance Use and Addictions, and local coordinator for Stand Up For Science New Mexico
, post-doctoral fellow, UNM School of Medicine
, assistant professor, UNM Department of Neurosciences
, Regents Professor, UNM School of Medicine
Tamara Lopez - communications specialist, UNM Health Sciences Center

Megan has been a journalist for 25 years and worked at business weeklies in San Antonio, New Orleans and Albuquerque. She first came to ¾ÅÉ«Íø as a phone volunteer on the pledge drive in 2005. That led to volunteering on Women’s Focus, Weekend Edition and the Global Music Show. She was then hired as Morning Edition host in 2015, then the All Things Considered host in 2018. Megan was hired as News Director in 2021.
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