The legislation would call for greater oversight on research and travel and ban public entities from entering language and cultural exchange programs with seven countries. Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed his support Monday for a series of bills being introduced in the state Legislature designed to “combat foreign influence and…
A former University of Florida (UF) professor and researcher and resident of China has been indicted for fraudulently obtaining $1.75 million in federal grant money from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by concealing support he received from the Chinese government and a company that he founded in China to…
England’s new university regulator is facing questions about a potential conflict of interest. Lord Wharton has been appointed chair of the Office for Students (OfS) but is also a paid adviser to a firm Aquind, which wants to build a cable linking the UK and French electricity grids. The £1.2bn project…
The COI Program is excited to announce that we have recently added a new discloser population to UFOLIO. TEAMS employees holding a position classified as “Job Structure Category” 11, 12, or 13 (generally this includes director-level staff and above) now have access to UFOLIO and should submit disclosures of outside…
‘It’ll define the 21st century and there’s only so much we can do at the federal level about it.’ U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is calling on state lawmakers to remain proactive against Chinese government influence, particularly within local governments and universities. Speaking to the Florida House Public Integrity…
Defendant will pay $2.6 million in restitution COLUMBUS, Ohio – A former Dublin, Ohio woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court today [February 1, 2021] to 30 months in prison for conspiring to steal exosome-related trade secrets concerning the research, identification and treatment of…
Santa Clara, California During Tuesday’s Stadium Authority meeting, the Board opted to continue adopting new guidelines for the conflict of interest code. These guidelines more clearly delineate who is subject to Political Reform Act regulation. The Forty Niners Management Company (ManCo) asked the Board to delay the item. Board Members…
More than 300 scientists and scholars are believed to have been recruited by talent recruitment schemes controlled by the Chinese Communist Party over the past decade, further raising concern Australian academics are giving Beijing access to their technologies and inventions. One professor who was working on drone research in Australia…
Defendant stole vials of biological research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and attempted to take them aboard a flight to China. BOSTON – A Chinese national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for making false statements in connection with his theft of 19 vials of biological research.
Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (“USAO”), William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Mark J. Zielinski, Special Agent in Charge of the Eastern Field Office, National Aeronautics and…
