Mass. Colleges Tighten Security Following Brown University Shooting

MASSACHUSETTS — Colleges in Massachusetts are tightening up security for students and staff following the mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday.

Two students, MukhammadAziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook, were killed in the Saturday afternoon shooting, and nine others were injured.

In the wake of the deadly attack, some institutions in the Bay State are boosting security.

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At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, leaders announced an added security presence around campus. Plus, the MIT Emergency Management is ready to provide active shooter and violent intruder training for departments.

On Tuesday, a professor at MIT was shot and killed Monday night at his Brookline home, authorities confirmed.

47-year-old Nuno F.G. Loureiro was a faculty member in the departments of nuclear science & engineering and physics. He was also the director of the school’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

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And last week, residents in an undergraduate hall discovered two posters, defaced with swastikas and other Nazi-related symbols. Posters advertising a Hanukkah celebration were also ripped down.

“Such hateful vandalism is destructive and contrary to MIT’s values…. We stand in solidarity with our Jewish students and all members of our community disturbed by these acts,” MIT leaders wrote in the announcement.

At another institution in Cambridge, Harvard University police have increased security on campus, according to the school’s newspaper, The Harvard Crimson.

Officers stepped up patrols “out of an abundance of caution,” Harvard police spokesperson Steven G. Catalano told the newspaper.

The university has also begun requiring a Harvard ID swipe to enter certain buildings, which are usually open to the public.

At Northeastern University, the school’s global head of security assured the campus community that the school's Boston campus has a robust security system.

“In Boston, there’s police dispatch, monitoring the cameras, the doors, and the alarms, and they work with facilities and other teams to enhance building safety,” Khushal Safi told Northeastern Global News.

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Brown University released a statement on Monday, ensuring added security measures and restricted building access on its campus.

“Please be assured that the safety of our campus community remains our foremost priority,” the school wrote.

Brown also cancelled all remaining in-person exams for Fall 2025.

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