I wanted to spread a positive message during these turbulent times. This was originally posted to Branco Lab at Brooklyn College on Facebook:

I don’t like to post about politics or religion on Facebook, especially on my professional page. But given the increasingly hateful, ignorant and quite frankly dangerous rhetoric that can be heard everywhere these days, I feel like saying the following, particularly for the students that follow me on here:

Over the past six years at Brooklyn College, I have had the privilege and pleasure to teach young people of incredible diversity in all respects. No matter your religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, politics, or immigration status, my classroom, laboratory and office will always be a safe space where you are treated like a human being, and where together, we can pursue our mutual love of science, knowledge, critical thinking and respectful discourse.

– Prof. B