The U.S. Department of Education has launched a federal investigation into the University of Michigan following the recent charges against two Chinese scientists connected to the school, as well as a ...

A University of Michigan scholar, Yunqing Jian, and her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, face charges for allegedly attempting to smuggle Fusarium graminearum, a potentially dangerous agricultural pathogen ...

Federal authorities brought charges in June against a Chinese scientist and his girlfriend — who worked at a lab at the University of Michigan — after the FBI said it halted their effort to bring a ...

This investigation, like the June 18 congressional inquiry into “research security” at U-Mich, promotes witch-hunting claims ...

DETROIT (AP) — A Chinese scientist entered the U.S. last year with a toxic fungus stashed in his backpack, federal authorities said Tuesday as they filed charges against him and a girlfriend who ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — In Detroit, two people were charged with allegedly smuggling a fungus into America, claiming it was for studying at the University of Michigan, according to the U.S ...

Two Chinese nationals are accused of smuggling a "potential agroterrorism weapon" via a noxious fungus into the U.S., according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

This image provided by United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Michigan shows toxic plant pathogens that a Chinese scientist entered the U.S. last year stashed in his backpack ...

US says it broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China By: Ed White, The Associated Press Posted: 2:52 PM CDT Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025 Last Modified: 4:19 PM CDT Tuesday, Jun. 3 ...

The university does not have federal permits to handle it. The U.S. does not have an extradition treaty with China, which makes Liu's arrest unlikely unless he returns. Ed White, The Associated Press ...