Berkeley scientist resigns and says school discriminates based on political views

Published October 20, 2021 12:00am ET



A top University of California, Berkeley physicist resigned, saying the school discriminates against scientists who do not hold certain political views.

David Romps, director of the Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center, resigned from his role at the university after Berkeley refused his request to invite Dorian Abbot, a professor at the University of Chicago whose lecture at MIT was canceled due to his political views, to speak on campus.

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