ICAN -- These 50 universities help build U.S. nuclear weapons

ICAN -- These 50 universities help build U.S. nuclear weapons Universities are meant to teach students how to make the world better, not how to destroy it. But in our new report “Schools of Mass Destruction: American Universities in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex,” we’re exposing nearly 50 U.S. universities that take billions of dollars in research funding to support U.S. nuclear weapons development.

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The universities in this report are complicit in the new nuclear arms race. They provide the scientific, technical and human capital needed to build U.S. nuclear weapons. And they do so largely in secret: many staff and students of these universities are unaware of their institution’s involvement. That’s why we’re releasing this report today. Students, staff and alumni of these universities must demand that their schools live up to their mission statements to improve the world, instead of working on the creation and maintenance of weapons designed to wipe out entire cities in a heartbeat, leaving lasting catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences. We’re calling on all these universities to follow our recommendations to end their involvement with the U.S. nuclear weapons complex. Will you help us hold them accountable?

Ask these universities about their involvement on social media These universities are helping to build U.S. nuclear weapons Nearly 50 U.S. universities are involved in the research and design of U.S. nuclear weapons, largely in secret and in contradiction of their mission statements. Students and faculty must demand their universities stop helping to build weapons of mass destruction. Aiken Technical College Amarillo College Augusta Technical College Augusta University California Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Cornell University George Washington University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Johns Hopkins University Kansas State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Metropolitan Community College Missouri University New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology New Mexico State University Northern New Mexico College Pittsburg State University Purdue University Roane State Community College Stanford University Texas A&M University Texas Tech University University of Arizona University of Arkansas University of California University of California - Berkeley University of California - Davis University of California - Los Angeles University of California - San Diego University of Colorado - Boulder University of Florida University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Kansas University of Michigan University of Missouri - Kansas City University of Nebraska University of Nevada - Las Vegas University of Nevada - Reno University of New Mexico University of Notre Dame University of Rochester University of South Carolina - Aiken University of South Carolina - Salkehatchie University of Tennessee University of Texas at Austin University of Utah University of Wisconsin - Madison Types of involvement by university: