Brown University Launches Healing, Recovery Effort After Mass Shooting
Brown Ever True offers mental health support and security upgrades after December shooting that killed 2 students and injured 9, university officials said.
- On Monday, Brown University announced the Brown Ever True initiative, a whole-campus recovery effort launched after the December 13, 2025 shooting.
- Authorities say the shooting on December 13, 2026, at the Barus and Holley engineering building killed two students, Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, and injured nine others.
- The initiative will bring together academic and administrative units with student organizations to expand counseling access, add crisis sessions, and implement security upgrades like ID card access and sealing lecture halls 166 and 168.
- The university has hired Zachary Cunha to coordinate with law enforcement, and the Department of Education said it will examine whether Brown violated the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, while Rodney Chatman is on leave and Hugh T. Clements Jr. is interim VP.
- Paxson wrote `There is no playbook for what we have been through as a community,' and critics highlighted missing cameras in the older portion of Barus and Holley despite roughly 1,200 campus cameras, pending a Campus Safety and Security assessment.
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Brown University unveils 'Ever True' initiative webpage in wake of shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Brown University has launched their “Ever True” initiative, listing resources available to the university community in the wake of the deadly December campus shooting. The webpage contains programs and services focusing on mental health and security at Brown. Brown President Christina Paxson said that Ever True is a collaboration of academic, student and administrative organizations. Brown University students will retur…
Brown University launches healing, recovery effort after mass shooting
"Brown Ever True" will offer resources, programming and services to students, faculty and staff throughout the spring semester to support everyone's mental health, psychological wellness and sense of physical security on campus.
Brown University president announces trauma recovery initiative for campus community • Rhode Island Current
The classroom in the Brown University building where a shooting killed two students and injured nine others will remain walled off and sealed away in the upcoming spring semester as school officials announced a mental wellness initiative Monday. Increased public safety measures are also taking effect on the Providence Ivy League campus.
Three weeks after mass shooting, Brown launches major recovery initiative: Brown Ever True - The Boston Globe
The Barus and Holley engineering building where the shooting took place will remain closed until Jan. 20, the day before classes are expected to restart.
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