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The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering maybe a Red Flag indicating for National security reasons a law requiring background vetting for non-government research affiliations and business partners of NC A&T and others universities and colleges involved in Federal research. The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) a collaborative |
| effort- managed by Gateway University Research Park, Inc- between North Carolina A&T (A&T) and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G) where the universities proposed to house Master and PhD programs in Nanoengineering offered by NC A&T and Nanoscience offered by UNC-G. Gateway University Research Park fact sheet indicated access to more than startup programs of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering with the statement " Other areas of cutting-edge scientific study--driven by the ongoing and continually changing research programs at A&T with UNCG Financing" , http://www.gatewayurp.com/fact.html page 3. Press releases from Gateway and media coverage allude that Gateway intend to mix students and private business which potentially could create a security threat as private business access an environment benefiting from research conducted by A&T -one of five Universities Named an Engineering Research Center by the National Science Foundation- and other universities conducting Research vital to our Country’s competitiveness. In a world where a full body scan maybe required to board an air plane prudence |
| dictates we secure our computer systems and research facilities. |