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Geng Xiaonan, Book Publisher and Former Professor Detained in China For Supporting Scholars Calling for Intellectual Reforms

November 11, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Board, CCS Cases, China Tagged With: Geng Xiaonan, Professor, Qin Zhen, Ruyia Books, Tsinghua University, Xiaonan, Zangrun

Awarded 2021 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics

October 7, 2020

Congratulations to CCS Co-Chair Joel Lebowitz on the 2021 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics by the American Physical Society! Joel L. Lebowitz, Rutgers University ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Board, CCS Cases Tagged With: Dannie Heineman, Joel L. Lebowitz, Prize for Mathematical Physics, Rutgers University

Myriam Sarachik, Active and Long Time Member of CCS’ Board Was Awarded This Year’s Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research – a Top Honor from the American Physical Society. Congratulations, Myriam – Well Deserved.

September 22, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/science/myriam-sarachik-physics.html ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Annual Reports, CCS Board, Good News, Highlights, Reports Tagged With: Award for Physics, Myriam Sarachik, Physics

President of the Arctic Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Russia Charged with High Treason

July 18, 2020

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Filed Under: Annual Reports, CCS Board, CCS Cases, Highlights, Prominent Cases, Reports, Russia Tagged With: Arctic Academy of Sciences, Mitko, Russia, Scientist, treason, Valery Mitko

Pregnant Student Arrested for Participation in Peaceful Protest Against Citizenship Amendment in Delhi

July 18, 2020

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Filed Under: Annual Reports, CCS Board, CCS Cases, Highlights, India Tagged With: Delhi, India, Safoora Zargar, Zargar

Hafeez Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy Charge

December 24, 2019

A gifted scholar was arrested for Blasphemy in Pakistan and spent six years in jail awaiting  trial.  His first attorney was threatened in open court by the prosecutor, saying he would  not live for the next hearing.  Shortly, thereafter, an assassin entered his office and killed him.  Following the murder, getting a new attorney to take the case was difficult, and getting a judge to hear the case ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Annual Reports, CCS Board, CCS Cases, Highlights, Pakistan, Prominent Cases Tagged With: blasphemy, Death Penalty, Hafeez, Pakistan

Serkan Golge and Ismail Kul Released But Still Not Home

December 24, 2019

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Two American academics that were released from prison in Turkey, after being imprisoned for charges they did not commit, are still not allowed to depart Turkey to return home.  Serkan Golge, a former NASA scientist, and Ismail Kul, a professor at Widener College in Pennsylvania, have been released from prison but Turkish officials continue to withhold their passports and require them to report to ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Annual Reports, CCS Board, CCS Cases, Highlights, North America Issues, Prominent Cases, Turkey Tagged With: Academics, American Citizens, Ismail Kul, Serkan Golge, Turkey

Chemical and Engineering News Print Article by Board Members of CCS on Racial Profiling of Chinese American Scientists/Academics

November 20, 2019

Eugene Chudnovsky and Alexander Greer, two Board members of the Committee of Concerned Scientists, wrote an Opinion piece for the Chemical and Engineering News addressing problems of racial profiling of Chinese American academics and scientists.     LETTERS TO THE EDITOR C&EN: Free academic exchange We would like to expand on “Amid Tensions with China, US Emphasizes ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Board, CCS Cases Tagged With: Alexander Greer, Eugene Chudnovsky

CCS Board Member, Myriam Sarachik, Profiled in NY Post Article

November 20, 2019

Dr. Myriam Sarachik, CCS Board Member and New York City College professor and researcher, was profiled in the November 9, 2019 issue of the New York Post. Dr. Sarachik overcame significant odds in a primarily male dominant field, as well as serious family tragedies, to earn her doctorate in Physics and obtain a teaching position at City College. In January Dr. Sarachik will be awarded the 2020 ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Board, CCS Cases Tagged With: Myriam, Myriam Sarachik, Sarachik

Member of the CCS Honorary Board Myriam Sarachik Receives the Highest Prize of the American Physical Society: APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research

August 31, 2019

2020 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research Awarded to Myriam P. Sarachik ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Board, Good News Tagged With: APS Medal, Myriam, Myriam Sarachik, Sarachik

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