Activists are calling for the University of Michigan to defend Chinese academics who were arrested earlier this year over accusations they illegally smuggled goods into the U.S. A small group gathered ...

Michigan football will begin its fall camp on Wednesday and all eyes are on the true freshman QB Bryce Underwood. After having the 131st-ranked passing attack l ...

In early June, graduate student Yunqing Jian was arrested on charges of conspiracy, smuggling goods into the United States, false statements, and visa fraud.

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education has opened a foreign funding investigation into the University of Michigan after reports showed inaccurate and incomplete disclosures.

Liu admitted to smuggling the fungus so he could conduct research on it at the laboratory where his girlfriend, Yunqing Jian, worked, according to an FBI complaint.

(Reuters) -The U.S. Education Department said on Tuesday it opened a foreign funding investigation into the University of Michigan while alleging it found "inaccurate and incomplete disclosures ...

Details of the investigation emerged when Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu were charged on multiple counts including smuggling and visa fraud.

Defense lawyers for Chinese scientist Yunqing Jian, from left, David Duncan, James Gerometta and Norman Zalkind leave federal court in Detroit on June 13, 2025.

Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu are charged with smuggling Fusarium graminearum, a common agricultural fungus.

Yunqing Jian, 33, allegedly entered the country with the fungus “fusarium graminearum.” That fungus, Patel wrote on X, is categorized as a “agroterrorism agent.” ...

A Chinese scientist, Yunqing Jian, faces charges of conspiring to cultivate a toxic fungus at a University of Michigan lab. Plea negotiations are ongoing. Jian, who was arrested in June, allegedly ...

Yunqing Jian, 33, was a researcher at the University of Michigan when she was arrested on June 3.