Science in Wartime Ukraine: Campus Engagement
Building E40, Lucian W. Pye Room (E40-496), 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA
Thousands of educational and research facilities have been destroyed by Russian attacks across Ukraine since 2014. Hundreds of educators have been killed and thousands displaced. Scientific research and education have been threatened across the globe amid military conflict and sociopolitical crises. How can US universities support colleagues in Ukraine in such times of turmoil? Please join us for a conversation on how US campuses engage in supporting science and scholars at risk – in Ukraine and beyond – and what we can learn from each other’s successes and failures going forward. Our panelists will share their experiences in supporting science and research infrastructure in Ukraine. We hope the audience will also join in for a conversation and collaboration on this topic across geographic contexts. Speakers: Yevheniia Polishchuk, Chair of the Ukrainian Science Diaspora, Professor at Kyiv National Economic University and Visiting Fellow at Krakow University of Economics. She will share her experiences and recommendations as both a displaced scientist and supporter of Ukrainian scientists abroad. Michael Short, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT. Prof. Short will…