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US Charges Harvard, Boston University Officials over Dealings with China
The U.S. government on Tuesday charged a Harvard University department chair and a Boston University employee with failing to disclose their dealings with Chinese research agencies while receiving federal research funding.
Prosecutors charged Charles Lieber, chair of Harvard University's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, with lying about his participation in China's Thousand Talents Plan.
According to a court filing, Lieber made materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statements to the U.S. Department of Defense about his role in the plan, and to the National Institutes of Health about that role and also his affiliation with Wuhan University of Technology in China.
Lieber was charged with one count of making false statements to a U.S. government agency, according to court records. They also charged a Boston University employee with lying about working for the Chinese army, a Justice Department representative told reporters.
They are the latest in a series of academics the United States has criminally charged for their dealings with China.
Federal prosecutors last month accused a Chinese medical student of trying to smuggle cancer research specimens out of the country and in August charged a University of Kansas researched for failing to disclose ties to a Chinese university.
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International students face barriers in applying to Princeton, students say
International students face special challenges in applying to Princeton University, a story in The Daily Princetonian, the campus newspaper, says.
They include navigating Princeton's "holistic" immigration process.
Read the full story here. (November 2024)
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International students at Amherst ponder visa concerns in Trump administration
International students at Amherst College talk about Donald Trump's upcoming U.S. presidency and what it might mean for them in this story from the student newspaper, The Amherst Student.
Specifically, they worry that the new president's administration might make it harder to get visas to study and work in the U.S.
Read the full story here. (November 2024)
Several students charged in hazing case at University of Alabama
Several students were accused in a reported fraternity hazing incident at the University of Alabama in which a pledge said he was shoved, stepped on and had things thrown at him, according to NBC News.
Four men, age 20 to 22, were charged with two counts of hazing at the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. NBC News reports that some of the actions were captured on video. (October 2024)
San Diego school requires course in climate change
If you want an undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego, you’re going to have to take a course in climate change.
The requirement, which affects students who will graduate in 2028, is meant to prepare students for the future, according to a report by ABC News. (October 2024)
‘Study away’ programs in the US can provide enrichment opportunities
While studying abroad can expose students to new cultures and experiences, researchers are finding that domestic ‘study away’ programs can be helpful as well.
Some students, including those on an international visa, may not be able to study abroad, but they can travel to other locations in the U.S. for enrichment experiences, Ashley Mowreader writes in Inside Higher Ed. (October 2024)
