Kayden Mills

The Department of Education says it will look into allegations that the university lacked adequate surveillance in the area where the shooting occurred and that emergency alerts of an active shooter threat were delayed.

It's requesting several documents from Brown, including annual security reports from 2024 and 2025, as well as current procedures related to campus safety.

The department says the university may be in violation of the Cleary Act, a law requiring schools accepting federal financial aid to meet specific security standards.

Brown responded saying it would launch an independent investigation of the shooting and that the campus has, quote, an expansive network of security cameras.

The university also says its emergency alerts went out minutes after gunshots were first reported.

Caden Mills, NPR News.

Two in five college students are food insecure, meaning they don't have consistent access to food.

That's according to the nonprofit Swipe Out Hunger.

Amy Wheeler oversees the food pantry at Penn State Harrisburg.

We try to really supply the students with whatever we possibly can.

She says as grocery prices have gone up, more students are visiting the pantry, and she expects the number to continue rising in the new year.

Junior Miles Perry is one of those students.

So I had to get essentials.

Like many students, Perry has a job on campus, but visits the pantry when his income isn't enough.

I mean, hey, gotta eat.

And at finals time, a full stomach is especially important for students.

Caden Mills, NPR News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.