The stepson of a police officer allegedly opened fire at Florida State University (FSU) using her former service weapon, killing two people and injuring six others, authorities say. Police responded to an active shooter call near the student union building in Tallahassee. An alert was issued warning students and those on campus to “seek shelter...
An active shooter situation occurred at Florida State University about an hour ago. The school announced it on X: An active shooter has been reported in the area of Student Union. Police are on scene or on the way. Continue to seek shelter and await further instructions. Lock and stay away from all doors and...
At least six people have been taken to hospital after a shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee. One person was taken into custody after the shooting at the university’s Student Union building on Thursday, according to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. President Donald Trump said he had been briefed on the incident at...
Anti-Israel activists at Georgetown University made some news Friday morning when a group of about 15 masked people entered a building on campus as part of a protest. …the approximately 15 student protesters were standing and chanting on the stairs to the second floor of Healy Hall. GUPD officers and Associate Vice President for Student...
Researchers in Plymouth are working on a project searching for an effective treatment for the symptoms of long Covid. The University of Plymouth (UoP) said it was part of the ERASE long Covid project, led by the University of Derby, which launched in September 2024. It said more than 144 million people globally were living...
Trump’s attacks on universities are “dangerous and politically motivated,” said New York Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler. The White House announced Thursday that the Trump administration plans to withhold $510 million in federal funding from Brown University while it investigates the school’s response to alleged “antisemitism”— a term that is being weaponized to target protesters against...
This story was originally published by Florida Phoenix. Florida Atlantic University’s police department has a pending agreement with the federal government that would allow campus officers to question and detain people they suspect are in the country without authorization. The public university in Boca Raton could be the first to enter such an agreement with...
A Cornell University graduate student who had his US visa revoked due to protest activities against Israel has chosen to leave the US rather than be deported. Momodou Taal, who is a joint citizen of the UK and The Gambia, had his student visa revoked due to his on-campus protest activities last year as the...
Hartpury were only founded in 2020 and now sit top of the Hellenic Football League Premier Division. Their squad can range from 16-year-old BTec and A-level pupils to a 25-year-old who is studying for a masters degree. “It’s been brilliant. It’s a fantastic environment,” said Longworth. “We got to the last 32 two years in...
Branwen Jeffreys Education Editor Getty Images The University of Sussex has been fined £585,000 by the higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), for failing to uphold freedom of speech. It follows the case of Prof Kathleen Stock, who left the university in 2021 after being accused of transphobia for her views on sex...
A multimillion-pound hub for health and wellbeing classes at a Devon university is set to open in September. Plymouth Marjon University said the facility, based in a renovated building on its campus, would serve as a “state-of-the-art” home for its courses and community health clinics. The university said the hub had been funded through a...
Members of Columbia University’s History Department have sent a letter to the university president and Board of Trustees, urging resistance against the Trump administration’s attempts to influence university policy. Their letter follows reports that Columbia is nearing a deal to acquiesce to the Trump administration’s demands — which include a major crackdown on pro-Palestine protesters...
Paul Antony Butler has pleaded guilty at Plymouth Crown Court to the murder of university lecturer Claire Chick. Butler, 53, of Stangray Avenue, Plymouth, also admitted one charge of possession of a bladed article. Ms Chick, 48, was found seriously injured in West Hoe Road just before 21:00 GMT on 22 January and later died...
An Exeter University art historian has solved the 70-year mystery over the theft of an original oil sketch, by Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, from a stately home in Northamptonshire. The Portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz-Neuburg was stolen in 1951 from Boughton House, the home of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. It was...
The administration has been ordered at least twice to respond to allegations that it has openly defied court orders. The Trump administration is openly defying court orders blocking deportations of immigrants without due process — even going so far as to tout the deportations that are throwing countless people’s lives into chaos across the country....
