January 30, 2017
Travel ban throws research, academic exchange into turmoil
BOSTON, USA (AP) — Universities across the US say President Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from seven Muslim countries is disrupting research projects and academic exchanges in such fields as medicine and engineering.
For example, collaboration between HIV researchers at Harvard and in Iran is now in question. And a new engineering program for Iranian students is on hold in Indiana.
Meanwhile, thousands of academics abroad have called for a boycott of conferences in America.
Some fear the travel ban could undermine vital research and cost the US its role as the world leader in innovation.
