A letter from the @WeizmannScience president, Alon Chen, to the president of @Harvard, Claudine Gay (identical letters were sent to presidents of @MIT and @Penn). Thanks Alon for the clarity, which is actually so obvious.

“We find ourselves facing a war on two fronts: one against the atrocities of Hamas, and another in the global arena of public opinion. Regrettably, we have noticed an alarming trend in which Israel, despite its right to self-defense, is mischaracterized as an oppressor. This is a false equivalence between the actions of a murderous terrorist organization and a sovereign state's right to defend its citizens, which unfortunately results in the loss of innocent Palestinian lives. Any attempt to justify or equivocate Hamas’s brutal and grotesque actions is intellectually and morally indefensible”. An open letter by heads of Israeli universities, including the Weizmann Institute of Science, calls for siding with humanity, enlightenment and progress. Read the full letter here >> #WIS_stand_together

The Simons Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) is now open for applications! The program’s goal is to spark & sustain interest in neuroscience among students from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in neuro research.