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Brown Students Return to Campus With Tighter Security After December Shooting

The university tightened campus security in response to federal criticism.

Overview

  • Classes resume this week as portions of the Barus & Holley building reopen, with several lecture halls and adjacent areas remaining sealed.
  • New measures include card access for all buildings, added cameras in key locations, more emergency blue light stations, and a larger police presence.
  • The U.S. Department of Education publicly criticized Brown’s surveillance coverage and the timing of emergency alerts in a Dec. 22 statement.
  • Providence officials plan to commission an independent review of the response to the Dec. 13 attack that killed two students and injured nine.
  • Authorities identified the gunman as 48-year-old Claudio Neves-Valente, who said in a DOJ-released recording he plotted the attack for “six semesters,” and he was later found dead in New Hampshire after an MIT killing.