University under pressure to rehire scientist acquitted of hiding China links
Faculty members at the University of Tennessee Knoxville are demanding that nanotechnologist Anming Hu get his job back. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02603-6
September 2021
Tennessee professor with ties to China acquitted by district judge
Professor with ties to China acquitted A federal judge on Thursday threw out all charges against a University of Tennessee professor accused of hiding his relationship with a Chinese university while receiving research grants from NASA. Anming Hu was arrested in February 2020 and charged with three counts of wire fraud and three counts of making false statements. The arrest was part of a broader Justice Department crackdown under President Donald Trump’s administration against university researchers who conceal their ties to Chinese institutions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/tennessee-professor-with-ties-to-china-acquitted-by-district-judge/2021/09/10/30d32e74-0c64-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html
UT engineering professor acquitted of wire fraud, false statement charges
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A University of Tennessee engineering professor has been acquitted of charges that alleged he hid his ties with a Chinese university from the federal government. Anming Hu, 51, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering at UTK, was acquitted Thursday of all six charges against him, three counts of wire fraud and three counts of making false statements. https://www.wate.com/news/local-news/ut-engineering-professor-acquitted-of-wire-fraud-false-statement-charges/
