A former Cleveland State University professor’s unethical research on race and intelligence has become an international scandal after the university fired him and he sued to get his job back. His research was then celebrated by white supremacists at home and abroad. He was fired for his unethical use of data., Pesta conspired with others to mislead the federal government about his true intentions, then shared protected data with unauthorized people. Beyond the professor himself, the scandal raises serious questions about how the NIH protects sensitive data. “It’s sad that Cleveland is at the heart of an international controversy where white supremacists are using Cleveland research to prove something that’s completely not true,” Quinn said.