Several hundred protesters rallied on Sproul before marching through campus as part of a nationwide Stand Up For Science protest Friday. The event began around noon with speeches from notable campus professors including Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, researchers, policymakers and activists. As the crowd grew, protesters began chanting in support of science and against recent threats to federal research funding from the Trump administration. Stand Up for Science is a movement that held protests nationwide Friday, in cities such as San Francisco, Austin and Washington D.C. Read more through the link in bio. ✍️: Aarya Mukherjee | aaryamuk, Yashal Sarfaraz 📸: Alessandra Aprile Boriello . . . #ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #standupforscience #protest #research #funding