The USA just can’t help but look a gift horse in the mouth. International grad students are viewed with such suspicion… and yet, are one of the fundamental innovators powering the engine of the US economy. Lieber’s grad students are a perfect example: a lot of people think he was training an ominous horde of Asians who are presumably doing nefarious things such as advancing medical science at USA universities.
The USA just can’t help but look a gift horse in the mouth. International grad students are viewed with such suspicion… and yet, are one of the fundamental innovators powering the engine of the US economy. Lieber’s grad students are a perfect example: a lot of people think he was training an ominous horde of Asians who are presumably doing nefarious things such as advancing medical science at USA universities.