UF Citrus Research Chief Burns Faces Investigation

Ernie Neff October 11, 2012 Citrus, Florida

The Ledger newspaper in Lakeland reports that the director of two University of Florida research centers faces a university investigation on allegations that she used a colleague’s data in a journal without proper attribution. The director, Jackie Burns, oversees all UF citrus research.

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