The investigation was sparked by a review of UM’s foreign reports that revealed that incomplete, inaccurate and untimely disclosures may have been submitted by the university, in possible violation of its foreign source funding statutory disclosure obligations, the department said in a letter sent Tuesday to UM Interim President Domenico Grasso.

Washington ― Three House committee chairmen are investigating the University of Michigan's oversight of researchers from China who are accused of smuggling a potentially devastating plant fungus into the United States.