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Brown University Police Chief Put on Leave

School says move is part of a 'standard' campus security review following deadly shooting

(Newser) - Brown University's top campus safety official has been sidelined as scrutiny intensifies over the school's handling of the deadly Dec. 13 campus shooting . President Christina Paxson announced Monday that Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management Rodney Chatman has been placed on leave while Brown commissions an...

Tipster at Brown Told FBI of Encounter With Suspect

Man wrote about it on Reddit, then went to authorities

(Newser) - A man suspected in the fatal shootings at Brown University and of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility after a five-day search that spanned several New England states, authorities said Thursday. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and...

Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead

Investigators also suspect him of killing MIT professor, though no formal connection yet

(Newser) - A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, officials said. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday evening from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Col. Oscar Perez,...

Buffalo Bills Were 'Down the Street' From Brown Shooting

They recount lockdown, prayers after 2 students were fatally shot

(Newser) - The Buffalo Bills' trip to face the New England Patriots turned tense Saturday night when players found themselves in lodging close to the scene of the deadly shooting at Brown University. The team was staying at a downtown Providence hotel less than two miles from where a gunman opened fire...

Among 2 Killed at Brown, a Young Republican Leader

Deceased identified as students Ella Cook, Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov

(Newser) - As authorities continue to hunt for their killer, the two people fatally shot Saturday at Brown University have been identified. Authorities named them Monday as Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a first-year international student from Uzbekistan, and Ella Cook, a second-year undergraduate from Alabama. Cook, remembered by her Birmingham church as a...

Authorities Announce 'Stunning' Turnaround in Brown Shooting

Person of interest detained after university shooting is now being released

(Newser) - A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after an investigation took law enforcement authorities in a "different direction," officials said Sunday night. The disclosure, made at a hastily convened late night news conference, represents a...

Cops Detain Person of Interest in Brown University Shooting

Two people were killed and nine wounded

(Newser) - Police have detained a person of interest in Saturday's fatal shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island that left two people dead and nine wounded, reports NBC News . No details were immediately provided about him, including what the motive might be.
  • Police said surveillance video from the shooting showed
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Police Search for Gunman After 2 Are Killed at Brown University

Officers go building to building looking for at least one suspect

(Newser) - At least one gunman opened fire at Brown University in Rhode Island on Saturday afternoon, killing at least two people and wounding several others. Providence's mayor said eight people were in critical condition, per the Guardian . Officials urged students and staff to take shelter as officers were going building...

Weed May Help Drinkers Cut Back on Booze
Weed May Help Drinkers
Cut Back on Booze
new study
Nov 23, 2025 3:00 PM CST

Weed May Help Drinkers Cut Back on Booze

Study finds that drinkers consume less alcohol after smoking marijuana

(Newser) - A new study out of Brown University suggests that smoking marijuana curbs the immediate desire to drink alcohol. As the New York Times reports, the results of the unique study were striking: strong weed resulted in 30% less booze being consumed among study participants. The experiment essentially tested the premise...

All but 2 Major Universities Reject Trump's Funding Offer

Schools cite academic freedom in rejecting White House proposal; 7 out of 9 have turned down plan

(Newser) - Seven of the nine universities approached by the Trump administration for a new federal funding plan have declined the offer, with an eighth expressing reservations, the New York Times reports. The plan would provide preferential funding to schools that align with the administration's priorities, including agreeing that "academic...

A 3rd Ivy League School Makes a Deal With Trump

Brown will pay $50M to state workforce development programs

(Newser) - Brown University has become the third Ivy League school to settle with the Trump administration over accusations the school has fostered antisemitism. Under the terms, the university in Rhode Island will make $50 million in payments to state workforce development programs over a decade, the New York Times reports. Brown...

Brown University Professor's Deportation Causes Ruckus

Dr. Rasha Alawieh appears to have been sent back to Lebanon despite a court order

(Newser) - The mass deportation of alleged gang members isn't the only such controversy in the news. A second involves a 34-year-old kidney transplant specialist who is also a medical professor at Brown University. Coverage:
  • Who: Dr. Rasha Alawieh is a native of Lebanon who has been in the US with
...

US to Study Controversial Idea for Drug Users

$5M will go toward looking at 2 'safe injection sites' in New York and Rhode Island

(Newser) - For the first time, the US government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they take too much. As the AP reports, the grant provides more...

Researchers Solve a Mystery About How Boas Breathe
Now We Know Why Boa
Constrictors Don't Suffocate
new study
Mar 27, 2022 10:50 AM CDT

Now We Know Why Boa Constrictors Don't Suffocate

They can shift their breathing to different areas of their body while eating

(Newser) - Scientists and snake fans have long wondered how exactly boas and other constrictors can ingest massive prey without suffocating. Biomechanics researcher John Capano of Brown University found the answer somewhere in the 200-plus pairs of ribs that run the length of a boa’s body, reports NPR News. In new...

Some Doctors Want Brown Med School's Use of Pigs Probed

Prominent physicians' group has asked federal regulators to investigate

(Newser) - A prominent physicians' group has asked federal regulators to investigate Brown University's medical school, arguing it is violating the law by using live pigs for training in emergency medicine. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine on Tuesday asked the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection...

'America's Best College' Is Named
'America's Best
College' Is Named
Sep 7, 2018 12:17 PM CDT

'America's Best College' Is Named

Harvard tops list in 'Wall Street Journal' rankings

(Newser) - "Hidden gems" emerge in an annual ranking of US colleges, a collaboration between the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education, though the school taking the top spot for a second year in a row is far from hidden—it's called Harvard. Factoring in resources, engagement, environment, and...

Every Single School in the Ivy League Wants This Girl

Ifeoma White-Thorpe wants to study biology, but says her poetry got her in

(Newser) - Ifeoma White-Thorpe is going places. Two years ago, the New Jersey teen won the grand prize in the National Liberty Museum Selma Speech and Essay Contest (watch her recite it on YouTube ), she's aced all of her AP classes, she's president of her high school's student...

Why You Toss and Turn the First Night in a Strange Place

Blame the left side of your brain: researchers

(Newser) - If you find it hard to doze off on your first night in unfamiliar surroundings, you're not alone—and it may be because you're like a dolphin. In a study published in Current Biology , Brown University scientists found this type of sleep disturbance (referred to as the "...

Brown to Malia Obama: Sorry About Beer Pong Pic

Awkward

(Newser) - Brown University's campus newspaper has apologized to Malia Obama after students posted on social media that she was partying during a college visit . A photo that circulated online allegedly shows the president's daughter standing next to a table with cups at an Oct. 10 party. People who say...

College Rape Crisis Is at 'Epidemic Levels'
College Rape Crisis
Is at 'Epidemic Levels'
NEW STUDY
May 21, 2015 6:10 PM CDT

College Rape Crisis Is at 'Epidemic Levels'

Nearly 1 in 5 women attacked in their freshman year: Brown study

(Newser) - "Both incapacitated and forcible sexual assaults and rape have reached epidemic levels among college women," reads a study out of Brown University. It finds that nearly one in five—18.6%—college women are the victim of either a completed or attempted rape during their freshman year alone....

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