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Cris Niell’s office in the Lewis Integrative Science Building at the University of Oregon has whiteboards lining the walls with complicated equations, drawings from his daughter and papers stacked all across his desk.
But none of that was on his mind as he recently explained why he’s worried about federal funding cuts to science.
“Where do scientists come from? A university. They get a Ph.D.,” Niell said. “If all of these fellowships are cut, we can’t train the next generation of scientists.”
And that, he said, triggers his worries about what could happen 10 years from now. “We don’t have scientists to solve the next problem that comes up.”…