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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"She is 30 years old, shy and prone to nervous laughter. She cannot work, because her laptop was confiscated. She plays chess with other women when the guards allow it. Otherwise, she passes the time reading books about evolution and cell development.

For nearly eight weeks, Kseniia Petrova has been captive to the hard-line immigration policies of the Trump administration. A graduate of a renowned Russian physics and technology institute, Ms. Petrova was recruited to work at a laboratory at Harvard Medical School. She was part of a team investigating how cells can rejuvenate themselves, with the goal of fending off the damage of aging.

On Feb. 16, customs officials detained her at Logan International Airport in Boston for failing to declare samples of frog embryos she had carried from France at the request of her boss at Harvard.

Such an infraction is normally considered minor, punishable with a fine of up to $500. Instead, the customs official canceled Ms. Petrova’s visa on the spot and began deportation proceedings. Then Ms. Petrova told her that she had fled Russia for political reasons and faced arrest if she returned there.

This is how she wound up at the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, La., waiting for the U.S. government to decide what to do with her.

Ms. Petrova’s case is being watched by thousands of young, highly educated Russians who, like her, fled the country after Russia invaded Ukraine."

nytimes.com/2025/04/11/science

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist, in 2021. She has been in a Louisiana prison since Feb. 16.
The New York Times · She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed HerBy Ellen Barry
#USA#Trump#Harvard
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SnoopJ

For how cold and wet it is out, today's ride to and from the #CambridgeMA rally — calling for #harvard not to bow before fascism as columbia and princeton are doing — was a pretty enjoyable excursion.

I am now a complete believer in merino wool. It's amazing to get wet on a cold day and be not-miserable about it. Like, I would prefer to be dry and warm, but wet and mostly-warm is a pretty cool result for "I put on a wool base layer under my jeans".

#BikeTooter#FediBikes
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Martha

„She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her
President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there.“
#Harvard
#Deportation
#Russia

nytimes.com/2025/04/11/science

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist, in 2021. She has been in a Louisiana prison since Feb. 16.
The New York Times · She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed HerBy Ellen Barry
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knizer

Getting started at Retribution Body #harvard; there’s like 20 people here, he’s talking about humble beginnings doing zen and synths in the late 90s early 00ze

Interior of the Holden Chapel at Harvard University. There’s a PowerPoint projected next to the artist, a white male with a ponytail, glasses and a neatly kept beard. To the left is a big speaker stack and a modular synth setup.
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petersuber

Update. "More Than $110 Million in #NIH Grants to #Harvard, Affiliated Hospitals Terminated Since Late February"
thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/

"All of the grants were terminated before the #Trump administration announced a $9 billion review of funding to Harvard and affiliated health care centers. At least four grants to Harvard-affiliated scholars — specifically those related to research on Covid-19 — have since been temporarily reinstated as the White House battles court challenges. The affected projects had more than $43 million in undisbursed funds at the time of cancellation…All of the canceled projects prominently featured themes of #gender and #sexualidentity, #Covid-19 and its #vaccine, or health disparities."

#Academia #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #USPol #USPolitics
@academicchatter

www.thecrimson.comMore Than $110 Million in NIH Grants to Harvard, Affiliated Hospitals Terminated Since Late February | News | The Harvard CrimsonThe National Institutes of Health has terminated research grants worth more than $110 million to Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals since late February, according to public Department of Health and Human Services filings reviewed by The Crimson.
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knizer

Friday - 1pm and 8pm, free - Holden Chapel @ #Harvard #CambridgeMA - infra-sonic, sub-woofer, modular #synth concert with Sound Lab Artist-in-Residence Retribution Body and guest performer #AshaTamirisa
This looks super cool if you’re into synthy music or putting unexpected sounds in beautiful/historic spaces - the 1pm show is tuning all the gear to the resonance of the Chapel, and the 8pm thing is the show.

retributionbody.bandcamp.com/
ssl.fas.harvard.edu/calendar_e

discogs.com/artist/1825340-Ret

#Synthesizers #churches #BostonMusic
#BostonWeekend 8/x

Retribution BodyRetribution BodyM Azevedo (b. 1977) is a Providence, RI based composer, mastering engineer, and acoustician. Their work as Retribution Body uses custom subwoofers and modular synthesizers to auralize the architecture of performance spaces though dense fields of standing waves, crafting work that is simultaneously minimalist and overwhelming.
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