September 8, 2008

Professor's Conviction on Export Violations Alerts U.S. Universities

By Richard Monastersky

When a jury convicted a Tennessee professor last week of illegally exporting information to foreign countries via his graduate students and a trip to China, it sent a message to universities that they need to scrupulously monitor their faculty's research and their compliance with the often-confusing universe of export-control regulations.

Although universities have moved in recent years to ensure that their faculty members do not violate such laws, the case will raise the