Elf Sternberg

I agree with you and the brain drain. Many friends who had planned to go do post-docs and other higher education degrees in the US simply decided that it wasn't worth the bother to get all the visa paperwork done. The political climate really didn't help anything either. As such, they are happily studying in Germany and in the UK.

BTW, have you seen this article:
http://talisker.livejournal.com/510092.html

(I'd copied the content to my blog but subsequently lost the original URL, doh!)