An assistant professor of Physics and Chemistry, developing and applying single molecule techniques to understand structure and function on the nanoscale.
Joined October 2019
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Masha Kamenetska retweeted
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf.
For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders.
An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
Masha Kamenetska retweeted
I went to the Senate floor to tell a story about Trump’s first 100 days - a story of daily, norm shattering corruption.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
Masha Kamenetska retweeted
I really wish reporters would stop saying that there is an effort by the Trump administration to combat antisemitism. It is quite the opposite. There is an effort to foment antisemitism.
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Masha Kamenetska retweeted
Does President @realDonaldTrump control his administration?
New IRS commissioner this week, appointment revoked today.
Declaration of legal war against Harvard last weekend, labeled a mistake today.
Tariffs relaxed, all attributed to absence of one advisor.
Evil and incompetence are hard to disentangle.
Who is in charge?
I’ll be there
"Practice corporeal politics... Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
***There will be chances to practice corporeal politics all over the USA on April 5th.***
Find yours here: handsoff2025.com
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Masha Kamenetska retweeted
Institutions such as Harvard, the administration’s most recent target, have vast financial resources, great prestige and broad networks of influential alumni. If they do not or cannot resist the arbitrary application of government power, who else can? Without acts of resistance, what protects the rule of law?
My column in today's @nytopinion
nytimes.com/2025/04/03/opini…
I'm attending Hands Off's event, “Hands Off Massachusetts! Rally/March” - sign up now to join me! mobilize.us/indivisible-ma/e…
Masha Kamenetska retweeted
Excited to speak tomorrow at @penn_state events.la.psu.edu/event/bein…
Masha Kamenetska retweeted
Preserving democracy depends on individual acts of resistance to egregious illegal government overreach. If Harvard, with all its wealth and prestige, can’t stand up for democracy who can? Harvard must follow the example of those like the Wilmer Hale law firm and reject Columbia’s path of capitulation.
Masha Kamenetska retweeted
Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding.
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Masha Kamenetska retweeted
My F31 is gone. It’s a small loss in the scheme of things but I was really proud of it.
Today #NIH is terminating more than $250 million in funding—including more than 400 grants—to Columbia University following directives from the Trump Administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism. The cancellations are due to Columbia University’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.
Masha Kamenetska retweeted
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Masha Kamenetska retweeted
I found out this morning that my @NIH @NICHD_NIH F31 fellowship to study the biomechanics of uterine fibroids was CANCELLED. – at Manhattan, NY
Masha Kamenetska retweeted
There is a young man in jail today for protesting at his college. No charges. No criminal conduct. In dictatorships, they call this “a disappearance”.
I want to tell you why this case should matter to you, even if you strongly disagree with what he said or did.
Masha Kamenetska retweeted
You can disagree with some (or all) of the tactics and rhetoric of the student protesters at Columbia--and I'm happy to debate this in the future--but right now this is very simple: The Trump administration is trying to deport someone for speech they don't agree with. That is all
Starting now, the right wing and some of their Democrat establishment enablers will defame Palestinian American Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil as he remains missing after a White House directed ICE deportation order.
A "dangerous" negotiator co leading a non violent protest. A permanent resident with a wife who is 8 months pregnant. Without any trial.
If we don't all work to reverse this and end this, you're eventually next. No matter who you are.
Masha Kamenetska retweeted
BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil, ordering a hearing on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Southern District of New York. The decision came after over a million people signed a petition calling for his freedom and as thousands marched at the New York federal building. Khalil, a permanent resident, was detained by DHS agents who stated they were revoking his green card status.
An attorney for Khalil reported “his spirits are undaunted” and that his arrest is a transparently unconstitutional targeting based on political viewpoint. His wife, who is eight months pregnant, said, “Mahmoud is my rock, … He constantly puts his needs last when it comes to helping others. … I need your help to bring Mahmoud home, so he is here beside me, holding my hand in the delivery room as we welcome our first child into this world.“
So sad for those affected. Imagine if all VC funding for a small startup lab was pulled overnight for reasons having nothing to do with the work..,. All that work, years of it, potentially wasted. Add to that the fact the work is not for profit.
NEW: Columbia has begun notifying faculty of cancelled grants.
From an internal source there:
“Grant cancellation notices flowing in now. Labs shutting down. Layoffs imminent. Faculty apoplectic at Katrina Armstrong for letting it get to this point. She has to fix this fast.”
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Our government is terrorizing us into silence. #standupforscience2025 #resist #StandUpForFreedom #StandUpForScience
As a Jew I personally will feel a lot safer walking across the Columbia campus knowing that there are fewer graduate students toiling away in labs to cure cancer and drug addiction.
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Masha Kamenetska retweeted
We are witnessing the greatest assault on campus free speech in decades--and many of the centrist/center-right commentators who once raged about "cancel culture" are completely silent
NEWS: Last night, DHS detained a Palestinian who helped lead Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.zeteo.com/p/breaking-dhs-det…
