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University Hall on Jan. 26, 2025. Following last Saturday's mass shooting, Provost Francis Doyle issued new guidelines for final exam grading.

Scout Chen

Scout Chen ('28) is a photographer and photo editor at the Brown Daily Herald. He is from Long Island, New York and plans to study applied mathematics. Outside The Herald, Scout enjoys playing the guitar and taking photos.

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In wake of Saturday’s mass shooting, new final grading guidelines spark debate

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May 22

Francesca Beaudoin PhD’17 came to Brown in 2006. Courtesy of Francesca Beaudoin

Kenna Lee

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By Kenna Lee | May 8

Renovations will be completed with input from faculty in the School of Engineering and the Departments of Physics, Applied Mathematics and Mathematics.

The ransom note, set as white text against a black screen in a red box, reads: "SHINYHUNTERS
rooting your systems since '19 ;)
ShinyHunters has breached Instructure (again).
Instead of contacting us to resolve it they ignored us and did some "security patches".
WARNING
If any of the schools in the affected list are interested in preventing the release of their data, please consult with a cyber advisory firm and contact us privately at TOX to negotiate a settlement. You have till the end of the day by 12 May 2026 before everything is leaked.
Instructure still has until EOD 12 May 2026 to contact us," along with instructions to download affected schools lists and go to their website.

Max Robinson

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By Max Robinson | May 7

The ransom note appeared on the Brown Canvas website Thursday afternoon, making course pages inaccessible.

Solutions by The State News