U of Florida suspends professor blamed in student's suicide

The University of Florida put a professor of computer engineering on leave last month amid a lengthy investigation into the suicide of one of his graduate students. Publicly, the university has said little about the case. The professor, Tao Li, did not respond to a request for comment but has previously denied any involvement in the student’s death. But friends of the late Ph.D. candidate, Huixiang Chen, have said Li pressured, threatened and otherwise mistreated him. A Feb. 15...