Stay tuned for future upcoming events announcements! Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for all the latest updates.​​​​​​​​
​Past Events​​​​​​​
.png)
Save Science Reporting: A Charity Bike Ride Benefitting The Xylom
2025 has brought unprecedented challenges for global health and the health of our planet. Georgia's favorite son Jimmy Carter, who spent his life protecting the planet and eradicating diseases, passed away in January. The Trump administration has banned hundreds of related terms, fired thousands of federal workers, and cut millions in global funding. In August, a gunman unloaded nearly 500 shots at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Atlanta campus, killing an on-duty police officer.
​
As your most trusted source of information on global health and environmental impacts, The Xylom needs your help to keep independent reporting alive in 2026. But we can't do this without teamwork and a heavy dose of joy. That's why we are partnering with our friends at Atlanta Social Bike Rides for a leisurely 13-mile night ride through our hometown's global health and environmental landmarks, such as The Carter Center, the CDC, and Fernbank. Our goal is to raise $3,000, with 100% of proceeds going towards supporting our accountability and solutions coverage.
​
Leading the ride will be our Publisher and Editor, Alex Ip, who lives car-free in Atlanta; he believes biking is the most environmentally friendly and healthy way to get around town. What's more, every donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar thanks to the NewsMatch coalition of funders!
​
Learn more about how Atlanta Influences Everything on climate and health policy, and have fun with your friends while we're at it!
​
The Fifth Vital Sign: Advancing and integrating climate and health policy
Researchers from the George Mason Center for Climate Change Communication and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication released a new article, “Advancing and integrating climate and health policy in the United States: Insights from national policy stakeholders,” in The Journal of Climate Change and Health. This research is based on interviews conducted in 2024 (prior to the Trump Administration) with a diverse group of 65 policy stakeholders working on climate or health policy and related topics, including legislative staff, civil servants, academic experts, think tank employees, and advocates.
​
In this one-hour news webinar moderated by our Publisher and Editor, Alex Ip, two of the authors of the study, Drs. Julia Fine and Joshua Ettinger, will discuss the findings of the study, how they play out in an uncertain federal environment, and how countries in the Global South can take action.
​
Who Are the H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions?
It's been a whirlwind week for foreign nationals with H-1B skilled worker visas: President Donald Trump's confusing $100,000 fee executive order aside, the Department of Homeland Security has proposed a rule to replace the current lottery-based allocation system with a weighted selection process that would generally favor higher-skilled and higher-paid petitioners.
​
Squarely in Trump's crosshairs are America's top research universities, which have already been under attack for their diversity initiatives, public health research, and climate innovation. Legislation introduced by Congressional Republicans will eliminate a higher education exemption from the annual cap of 65,000 H-1B visas, making it significantly more difficult and expensive for institutions — which already cannot keep up with industry compensation — to continue attracting skilled workers.
​
Over 82% of approved beneficiaries last fiscal year were from India and China; as the only Asian American-run news outlet covering science, climate, and the environment, we know how important it is for our readers to take stock of just how much America has grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of Asian immigrants. On Sept. 25, we released a new analysis of USCIS data that identified more than 13,000 H-1B workers who have joined over 200 top research institutions so far this fiscal year.
​
In this one-hour news webinar, our Publisher and Editor, Alex Ip, will walk you through how to access the database and maps we compiled, highlight trends and outliers, as well as explain the next steps of our ongoing reporting to hold the Trump administration accountable.
​
Protest as a Science: How Americans are Responding to Trump 2.0
Our Atlanta-based Publisher and Editor, Alex Ip, has been on the ground covering the "Stand Up for Science" and "Sound Science Saves Lives" protests. He also contributed to major crowdsourcing efforts by G. Elliott Morris to estimate the attendance of nationwide "No Kings Day" protests.
​
This Labor Day, The Xylom is leading efforts to estimate the attendance at rallies across big cities and small towns. Alex will unveil the top-line estimates, discuss key observations from his ongoing coverage, and answer your questions about the who, what, why, where, and how of science protests.
​