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Grasso defends UMich from foreign espionage claims in congressional hearing
Interim University President Domenico Grasso testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education & Workforce Thursday morning in a hearing about purported national security threats posed by Chinese students and scholars at American universities. The University of Michigan has faced scrutiny from the federal government over the actions of some of its Chinese international students. In August 2023, five Chinese students studying at the University were caught visiting and secretly taking pictures of Camp Grayling, a military outpost in northern Michigan. In July, three visiting Chinese scholars at the University were charged with illegally smuggling roundworm material into the United States, which federal officials speculated was intended for use in biological terrorism attacks. The charges against them were dropped, with an expert from Indiana University saying their actions posed no risk to American citizens. U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., committee chair, opened the hearing by claiming Chinese infiltration posed an existential threat to higher education in America. “The Chinese Communist Party, CCP, are actively competing against our nation’s interests on the battle grounds of our university campuses,” Walberg said. “They’re unafraid to exploit American good intentions for ill gotten gains. I’m proud that this committee has been a leader in combating malign foreign influence on college campuses.” Grasso told the committee the number of security breaches by foreign students was small, and all cases were quickly addressed by the University. “In isolated but serious incidents, a small number of University students and researchers from China have been arrested for unlawful activities,” Grasso said. “In each case, individuals carried out their unlawful acts without the University’s knowledge. Once alerted, we acted swiftly and decisively, working with federal law enforcement, promptly terminating student work visas and severing all ties with those individuals.” Democrats on the committee expressed heavy skepticism toward the hearing’s purpose, with several stating their Republican committee members were unfairly focusing on the actions of a small number of Chinese students to promote xenophobic attitudes against all international students. U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., said she believed the Republicans’ focus on alleged foreign threats was intended as a distraction from President Donald Trump’s cuts to research funding and effort to dismantle the Department of Education. “According to the testimony submitted today, which I have read, processes are in place to address any foreign threat,” Bonamici said. “They seem to be doing a decent job. I read your testimony, and there doesn’t seem to be anything close to a university under siege, which is what the title of this hearing portrays. What we can quantify, however, is the enormous and detrimental effect of the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education.” Some Republicans were not satisfied with this response. U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., said she did not believe American universities needed to have relationships with other countries at all. “We have a lot of taxpayers paying money for taxes, for their students to go to our universities,” McClain said. “Why are the relationships with foreign countries — especially foreign adversaries — why are those relationships even needed?” In response, Grasso said international students play an important role at the University by providing talent and subsidizing in-state tuition. “If we invite students from other states or from overseas, they pay a differential to compensate for the difference that taxpayers get a discount on,” Grasso said. “We are not necessarily existentially dependent on international talent, but it is to the University’s benefit and to society’s benefit to attract the best and the brightest to the University to develop the best technologies in the future.” U.S. Rep. Bob Onder, R-Miss., said he was concerned by the security threat posed by anthrax. Onder claimed the CCP is making Chinese labs use the infectious disease to create bioweapons, which he believes some American hedge funds are investing in. When Onder asked if this applied to the University’s endowment, Grasso said he was unaware of any anthrax investments. “Congressman, I am not familiar with the specifics of the investments of our endowments,” Grasso said. “I can take that question back and look into that, but I assure you that, if we had concerns that our investments were being used for this type of development, we would take appropriate measures.” The committee also heard testimony from Cassandra Farley, senior director of research integrity, security and compliance at the University of Florida; Melissa Emrey-Arras, director of the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s Education, Workforce and Income Security Team; and Stanford University junior Elsa Johnson, editor in chief of The Stanford Review, Stanford University’s conservative-leaning student newspaper. Farley received praise from Republican committee members for the University of Florida’s compliance with state Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ regulations against foreign influence at state universities. Johnson told the committee about her experience being the target of a potential espionage attempt, during which she was harassed on social media by a Chinese man who repeatedly asked her questions about her personal background and offered her a trip to China. She believes the interactions were a CCP effort to prompt her to reveal information about a geopolitically sensitive research project she was working on. Emrey-Arras largely received questions from Democratic committee members, who inquired about Trump’s impact on higher education. Daily News Editor Glenn Hedin can be reached at heglenn@umich.edu. The post Grasso defends UMich from foreign espionage claims in congressional hearing appeared first on The Michigan Daily.
Grasso defends UMich from foreign espionage claims in congressional hearing
Interim University President Domenico Grasso testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education & Workforce Thursday morning in a hearing about purported national security threats posed by Chinese students and scholars at American universities. The University of Michigan has faced scrutiny from the federal government over the actions of some of its Chinese international students. In August 2023, five Chinese students studying at the University were caught visiting and secretly taking pictures of Camp Grayling, a military outpost in northern Michigan. In July, three visiting Chinese scholars at the University were charged with illegally smuggling roundworm material into the United States, which federal officials speculated was intended for use in biological terrorism attacks. The charges against them were dropped, with an expert from Indiana University saying their actions posed no risk to American citizens. U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., committee chair, opened the hearing by claiming Chinese infiltration posed an existential threat to higher education in America. “The Chinese Communist Party, CCP, are actively competing against our nation’s interests on the battle grounds of our university campuses,” Walberg said. “They’re unafraid to exploit American good intentions for ill gotten gains. I’m proud that this committee has been a leader in combating malign foreign influence on college campuses.” Grasso told the committee the number of security breaches by foreign students was small, and all cases were quickly addressed by the University. “In isolated but serious incidents, a small number of University students and researchers from China have been arrested for unlawful activities,” Grasso said. “In each case, individuals carried out their unlawful acts without the University’s knowledge. Once alerted, we acted swiftly and decisively, working with federal law enforcement, promptly terminating student work visas and severing all ties with those individuals.” Democrats on the committee expressed heavy skepticism toward the hearing’s purpose, with several stating their Republican committee members were unfairly focusing on the actions of a small number of Chinese students to promote xenophobic attitudes against all international students. U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., said she believed the Republicans’ focus on alleged foreign threats was intended as a distraction from President Donald Trump’s cuts to research funding and effort to dismantle the Department of Education. “According to the testimony submitted today, which I have read, processes are in place to address any foreign threat,” Bonamici said. “They seem to be doing a decent job. I read your testimony, and there doesn’t seem to be anything close to a university under siege, which is what the title of this hearing portrays. What we can quantify, however, is the enormous and detrimental effect of the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education.” Some Republicans were not satisfied with this response. U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., said she did not believe American universities needed to have relationships with other countries at all. “We have a lot of taxpayers paying money for taxes, for their students to go to our universities,” McClain said. “Why are the relationships with foreign countries — especially foreign adversaries — why are those relationships even needed?” In response, Grasso said international students play an important role at the University by providing talent and subsidizing in-state tuition. “If we invite students from other states or from overseas, they pay a differential to compensate for the difference that taxpayers get a discount on,” Grasso said. “We are not necessarily existentially dependent on international talent, but it is to the University’s benefit and to society’s benefit to attract the best and the brightest to the University to develop the best technologies in the future.” U.S. Rep. Bob Onder, R-Miss., said he was concerned by the security threat posed by anthrax. Onder claimed the CCP is making Chinese labs use the infectious disease to create bioweapons, which he believes some American hedge funds are investing in. When Onder asked if this applied to the University’s endowment, Grasso said he was unaware of any anthrax investments. “Congressman, I am not familiar with the specifics of the investments of our endowments,” Grasso said. “I can take that question back and look into that, but I assure you that, if we had concerns that our investments were being used for this type of development, we would take appropriate measures.” The committee also heard testimony from Cassandra Farley, senior director of research integrity, security and compliance at the University of Florida; Melissa Emrey-Arras, director of the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s Education, Workforce and Income Security Team; and Stanford University junior Elsa Johnson, editor in chief of The Stanford Review, Stanford University’s conservative-leaning student newspaper. Farley received praise from Republican committee members for the University of Florida’s compliance with state Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ regulations against foreign influence at state universities. Johnson told the committee about her experience being the target of a potential espionage attempt, during which she was harassed on social media by a Chinese man who repeatedly asked her questions about her personal background and offered her a trip to China. She believes the interactions were a CCP effort to prompt her to reveal information about a geopolitically sensitive research project she was working on. Emrey-Arras largely received questions from Democratic committee members, who inquired about Trump’s impact on higher education. Daily News Editor Glenn Hedin can be reached at heglenn@umich.edu. The post Grasso defends UMich from foreign espionage claims in congressional hearing appeared first on The Michigan Daily.
Grasso defends UMich from foreign espionage claims in congressional hearing
Interim University President Domenico Grasso testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education & Workforce Thursday morning in a hearing about purported national security threats posed by Chinese students and scholars at American universities. The University of Michigan has faced scrutiny from the federal government over the actions of some of its Chinese international students. In August 2023, five Chinese students studying at the University were caught visiting and secretly taking pictures of Camp Grayling, a military outpost in northern Michigan. In July, three visiting Chinese scholars at the University were charged with illegally smuggling roundworm material into the United States, which federal officials speculated was intended for use in biological terrorism attacks. The charges against them were dropped, with an expert from Indiana University saying their actions posed no risk to American citizens. U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., committee chair, opened the hearing by claiming Chinese infiltration posed an existential threat to higher education in America. “The Chinese Communist Party, CCP, are actively competing against our nation’s interests on the battle grounds of our university campuses,” Walberg said. “They’re unafraid to exploit American good intentions for ill gotten gains. I’m proud that this committee has been a leader in combating malign foreign influence on college campuses.” Grasso told the committee the number of security breaches by foreign students was small, and all cases were quickly addressed by the University. “In isolated but serious incidents, a small number of University students and researchers from China have been arrested for unlawful activities,” Grasso said. “In each case, individuals carried out their unlawful acts without the University’s knowledge. Once alerted, we acted swiftly and decisively, working with federal law enforcement, promptly terminating student work visas and severing all ties with those individuals.” Democrats on the committee expressed heavy skepticism toward the hearing’s purpose, with several stating their Republican committee members were unfairly focusing on the actions of a small number of Chinese students to promote xenophobic attitudes against all international students. U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., said she believed the Republicans’ focus on alleged foreign threats was intended as a distraction from President Donald Trump’s cuts to research funding and effort to dismantle the Department of Education. “According to the testimony submitted today, which I have read, processes are in place to address any foreign threat,” Bonamici said. “They seem to be doing a decent job. I read your testimony, and there doesn’t seem to be anything close to a university under siege, which is what the title of this hearing portrays. What we can quantify, however, is the enormous and detrimental effect of the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education.” Some Republicans were not satisfied with this response. U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., said she did not believe American universities needed to have relationships with other countries at all. “We have a lot of taxpayers paying money for taxes, for their students to go to our universities,” McClain said. “Why are the relationships with foreign countries — especially foreign adversaries — why are those relationships even needed?” In response, Grasso said international students play an important role at the University by providing talent and subsidizing in-state tuition. “If we invite students from other states or from overseas, they pay a differential to compensate for the difference that taxpayers get a discount on,” Grasso said. “We are not necessarily existentially dependent on international talent, but it is to the University’s benefit and to society’s benefit to attract the best and the brightest to the University to develop the best technologies in the future.” U.S. Rep. Bob Onder, R-Miss., said he was concerned by the security threat posed by anthrax. Onder claimed the CCP is making Chinese labs use the infectious disease to create bioweapons, which he believes some American hedge funds are investing in. When Onder asked if this applied to the University’s endowment, Grasso said he was unaware of any anthrax investments. “Congressman, I am not familiar with the specifics of the investments of our endowments,” Grasso said. “I can take that question back and look into that, but I assure you that, if we had concerns that our investments were being used for this type of development, we would take appropriate measures.” The committee also heard testimony from Cassandra Farley, senior director of research integrity, security and compliance at the University of Florida; Melissa Emrey-Arras, director of the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s Education, Workforce and Income Security Team; and Stanford University junior Elsa Johnson, editor in chief of The Stanford Review, Stanford University’s conservative-leaning student newspaper. Farley received praise from Republican committee members for the University of Florida’s compliance with state Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ regulations against foreign influence at state universities. Johnson told the committee about her experience being the target of a potential espionage attempt, during which she was harassed on social media by a Chinese man who repeatedly asked her questions about her personal background and offered her a trip to China. She believes the interactions were a CCP effort to prompt her to reveal information about a geopolitically sensitive research project she was working on. Emrey-Arras largely received questions from Democratic committee members, who inquired about Trump’s impact on higher education. Daily News Editor Glenn Hedin can be reached at heglenn@umich.edu. The post Grasso defends UMich from foreign espionage claims in congressional hearing appeared first on The Michigan Daily.