A question for the Associated Press

AP:

Britain's University of East Anglia says the director of its prestigious Climatic Research Unit is stepping down pending an investigation into allegations that he overstated the case for man-made climate change.

Is it still prestigious?

Or, more to the point, if the AP still considers it prestigious, is there anything that could come out which would actually damage its prestige to the point where the AP would not consider it prestigious?