Good News Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/good-news/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:25:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Good News Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/good-news/ 32 32 59910430 University offers to rehire prof acquitted of ties to China https://concernedscientists.org/2021/10/university-offers-to-rehire-prof-acquitted-of-ties-to-china/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:53:30 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9349 https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-education-arrests-tennessee-51e167f211f59ae991ca24119d94f8a4

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]]> 9349 Congratulations to Professor Giorgio Parisi upon his receipt of the Nobel Prize in physics https://concernedscientists.org/2021/10/congratulations-to-professor-giorgio-parisi-upon-his-receipt-of-the-nobel-prize-in-physics/ Mon, 11 Oct 2021 21:48:34 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9335 The post Congratulations to Professor Giorgio Parisi upon his receipt of the Nobel Prize in physics appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 9335 CCS Is Very Pleased to Report That Tuna Altinel Has Departed From Turkey and Has Arrived Safely at Home in France https://concernedscientists.org/2021/06/ccs-is-very-pleased-to-report-that-tuna-altinel-has-departed-from-turkey-and-has-arrived-safely-at-home-in-france/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 02:44:54 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9145 Tuna Altınel has returned to Lyon today (Saturday, EST) in the afternoon, after a 2 year harassment by Turkish authorities. This is not the end of his struggle, as Turkey still threatens to cancel his passport. Moreover, as he said before the press, “there are thousands of Tuna Altınels without a support committee.” His return […]

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]]> 9145 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. https://concernedscientists.org/2020/09/myriam-sarachik-active-and-long-time-member-of-ccs-board-was-awarded-this-years-medal-for-exceptional-achievement-in-research-a-top-honor-from-the-american-physical-societ/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 03:11:47 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8703 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/science/myriam-sarachik-physics.html

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]]> 8703 Premiere of NASRIN film narrated by the Academy Award winner Olivia Colman will be shown at the 2020 Virtual Film Festival on October 1 https://concernedscientists.org/2020/09/premiere-of-nasrin-film-narrated-by-the-academy-award-winner-olivia-colman-will-be-shown-at-the-2020-virtual-film-festival-on-october-1/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 01:46:06 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8695 Premiere of NASRIN film narrated by the Academy Award winner Olivia Colman will be shown at the 2020 Virtual Film Festival on October 1

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]]> 8695 Tuna Altinel Acquitted of Charges at Final Hearing in Turkey https://concernedscientists.org/2020/01/tuna-altinel-acquitted-of-charges-at-final-hearing-in-turkey/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 22:56:42 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7835 Tuna Altinel, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Lyon-1 University of France, has been acquitted of “membership in a terrorist organization” at his final hearing. Altinel had been found not guilty in a previous hearing, but when he went to inquire about the status of his passport he was re-arrested due to charges imposed by the […]

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]]> 7835 US/Iran Swap Prisoners – Academic and Scientist Free’d https://concernedscientists.org/2019/12/us-iran-swap-prisoners-academic-and-scientist-freed/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 20:38:50 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7741 Thanks to the work of the Swiss Embassy, the American State Department and the Administrations of the United States and Iran, Xiyue Wang, a researcher and history student at Princeton who was arrested in 2016 and sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran for espionage (charges which he has always denied) and Professor Massoud […]

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]]> 7741 Member of the CCS Honorary Board Myriam Sarachik Receives the Highest Prize of the American Physical Society: APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research https://concernedscientists.org/2019/08/member-of-the-ccs-honorary-board-myriam-sarachik-receives-the-highest-prize-of-the-american-physical-society-aps-medal-for-exceptional-achievement-in-research/ Sun, 01 Sep 2019 02:18:36 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7526 2020 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research Awarded to Myriam P. Sarachik

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]]> 7526 NASA Scientist Imprisoned in Turkey, Has Been Released https://concernedscientists.org/2019/05/nasa-scientist-imprisoned-in-turkey-has-been-released/ Wed, 29 May 2019 19:42:36 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7418 Serkan Golge, the NASA scientist who was arrested in Turkey and was sentenced to seven years in prison on terrorism charges, was released on Wednesday evening, May 28, 2019. The scientist was arrested while on vacation in Turkey, visiting family in 2016. His parents confirmed that he is heading back to their home in Southern […]

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]]> 7418 A Very Merry Happy 85th Birthday to Our Very Dear Advisory Board Member, Myriam Sarachik https://concernedscientists.org/2018/08/a-very-merry-happy-85th-birthday-to-our-very-dear-advisory-board-member-myriam-sarachik/ Sat, 04 Aug 2018 02:47:56 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=7079 Myriam Sarachik, famous for her pioneering experiments on the Kondo effect, metal-insulator transitions and spin tunneling, turns 85. She has been an invaluable, long-time CCS Board Member devoted to the human rights of scientists. I encourage everybody to read Myriam’s short autobiography: Pushing Boundaries: My Personal and Scientific Journey. Deeply personal, it encompasses great events […]

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