October 2021

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee is in talks to reinstate a former professor and researcher who was cleared of charges he ran a scheme to hide his ties to a Chinese university while doing contract work for NASA, documents show. https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/ut-in-talks-to-reinstate-professor-cleared-of-hiding-ties-to-chinese-university/51-b818c272-742a-401a-9e83-36f2e2ff0e95

Anming Hu was acquitted in court prosecution under Trump crackdown on academic scientists with China ties. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/tennessee-offers-rehire-engineer-cleared-china-trial

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, offered to reinstate a former tenured professor who was acquitted of fraud-related charges, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported. Faculty members had called for the reinstatement of the professor, Anming Hu, who was terminated from the university after being charged with fraud-related crimes under the auspices of the Department of Justice’s controversial China Initiative for allegedly concealing his affiliation with a Chinese university from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which funded Hu’s research. https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2021/10/18/ut-knoxville-offers-reinstate-acquitted-professor