BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) – A federal investigation involving the Indiana University Biology Department led to the USDA ordering the destruction of biological materials. 

The university closed access to six rooms in Myers Hall in May, when the United States Department of Agriculture and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources were carrying out a “regulatory visit”, according to an email from IU VP of Research Russ Mumper. 

Indiana’s I-Team has learned the USDA and DNR had facult...