MIT校長公開信澄清：是學校與南科大合作，不是陳剛個人_風聞

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1月14日，麻省理工學院華人科學家陳剛在美被捕，後被保釋。圖源：http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/gchen2%40mit.edu

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在美國司法部門對華人科學家、麻省理工學院（MIT）教授陳剛的起訴書中，其中一條稱陳剛接受了2900萬美元的海外經費資助，其中1900萬美元來自中國的南方科技大學。

2021年1月22日，MIT校長拉斐爾·賴夫（L. Rafael Reif）就MIT與南方科技大學的合作以及陳剛在其中的作用進行澄清：合作得到了MIT的支持，合作涉及到的2500萬美元用於雙方的合作研究和教學活動以及MIT的建築翻新和研究生獎學金。

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致麻省理工社區的信

關於麻省理工與南科大的合作關係和陳剛教授的幾點澄清

2021年1月22日

致麻省理工人，

自上週陳剛教授被捕以來，我們的社區一直非常關心陳剛及其家人，深切關注與此案有關的更大問題。除了上週的分享之外（指1月14日校長的第一份公開信Distressing news about professor Gang Chen, 譯者注），我想提供一些想法。

由於案件正在審理中，所以我不會談具體細節。但是，由於政府的指控以及隨之而來的媒體報道都提到了麻省理工與南方科技大學的合作，因此，我想就這一合作的性質作出澄清。

正如《麻省理工新聞》當時所報道的，麻省理工學院於2018年與南科大建立了合作關係，在兩所高校創建了機械工程教學科研中心。雖然陳剛教授是麻省理工方的首任主任，但這一合作並不是他個人的合作，而是院系的合作，並得到了校方的支持。

該協議提供2500萬美元，分五年支付給麻省理工學院。其中1900萬美元用於合作研究和教學活動，600萬美元作為捐贈用於支持我校的建築翻新和研究生獎學金。迄今為止，我校已收到該協議承諾金額的一半左右，款項已分配用於支持機械工程系的科研和教學活動，以及獎學金和各種運營費用。換句話説，這些資金被用來推進了一批同事的研究工作以及學校的科研和教學任務。

與南科大的合作是教職工主導的我校與其他學術機構的眾多合作之一。眾所周知，合作，包括國際合作在內，對於推進前沿科學至關重要，這在學術界很常見。

與此同時，麻省理工會認真對待在複雜的世界中不斷變化的國家安全要求，以及外國對科研的不當影響帶來的特定風險。麻省理工作為一個羣體，我們認為保持科研的誠信與嚴謹是一項基本責任。這一承諾是我們所有政策和實踐的基石。

最後，我想對我們的華人和華裔美國人羣體説——我們的本科生、研究生、博士後、學者、研究人員、員工、教職員工、校友和華裔校董事會成員：我聽你們中很多人跟我講過你們在社會上不斷增長的不信任與懷疑氛圍中的經歷，這種氛圍讓我們的日常生活和工作變得困難、痛苦、疲憊不堪。

因此，我想明確地申明，就像之前那樣，你們是麻省理工社區必不可少的關鍵一員。我們珍視你們作為學生、同事、老師、創新者和領導者所做的貢獻；作為個人，我們珍視你們這樣的朋友——正如我們珍視麻省理工全球大家庭的每一位成員，包括陳剛教授和他的家人。

在這個艱難時刻，讓我們以尊重和體貼，彼此照顧。

真誠地，

拉斐爾·賴夫（L. Rafael Reif）

LETTERS TO THE MIT COMMUNITY****Letter to the community re. SUSTECH Relationship and Professor Chen

To the members of the MIT community,

Since last week’s arrest of Professor Gang Chen, our community has been deeply concerned – for Gang and his family, and about larger issues surrounding the case. I would like to offer a few thoughts beyond what I shared last week.

Because the legal case is proceeding, I will not address its specifics. However, since the government’s complaint and the resulting media coverage touch on MIT’s collaboration with the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China, I would like to clarify the nature of the SUSTech engagement. 

As reported at the time in MIT News, MIT established a collaboration with SUSTech in 2018 to create the Centers for Mechanical Engineering Research and Education, at MIT and SUSTech. While Professor Chen is its inaugural MIT faculty director, this is not an individual collaboration; it is a departmental one, supported by the Institute.

The agreement provides $25 million to be paid to MIT over five years. Of that sum, $19 million is for collaborative research and educational activities, and $6 million is designated as a gift to support MIT building renovation projects and an endowed graduate fellowship. To date, MIT has received about half of the amount committed under the agreement, which has been allocated to support research and educational activities of a number of Mechanical Engineering faculty members, as well as fellowships and various operational expenses. In other words, these funds are about advancing the work of a group of colleagues, and the research and educational mission of MIT.

The SUSTech relationship is one of many faculty-led collaborations MIT maintains with academic institutions. As we all know, collaborations, including international collaborations, are crucial to advancing frontier science, and they are common in academia.

At the same time, MIT takes seriously the evolving demands of national security in a complex world, and the specific risks of inappropriate foreign influence on research. As a community, we believe the integrity of our research is a fundamental responsibility. That commitment is bedrock to our policies and practice.

Finally, to our Chinese and Chinese American community – our undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, scholars, researchers, staff, faculty, alumni and Corporation members of Chinese descent: I have heard from many of you about your experiences with a growing atmosphere of mistrust and suspicion in our society, an atmosphere that can make daily life and daily work difficult, painful and exhausting.

I would therefore like to state clearly, as I have before, that you are essential and integral members of our MIT community. We value your contributions as students, colleagues, teachers, innovators and leaders, and we value you personally as friends – just as we value every member of the global family of MIT, including Professor Chen and his family.

In this difficult moment, let’s take special care to treat each other with respect and thoughtfulness.

Sincerely,

L. Rafael Reif