Jon Puritz
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Jon Puritz
@jonpuritz.marineevoeco.com
Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island. Interested in human impacts on the evolution of marine populations. BS Brown ‘05. PhD UH Mānoa ‘11. [he,his,him]. #oysters #seastars #MarineEvolutionaryEcology #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Sacred was exactly the word I used too.

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I’ve been staying off social media this month, but this one hurts too much to stay silent.

Brown’s campus is a sacred place for me, especially the science quad. It maddens and saddens me that this happened at a safe place of learning. I hate that the students will now live with this trauma
Live Updates: 2 Killed and Eight Others Shot at Brown University
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Inspired to see the student journalists keeping the community updated during such an intense and proximate crisis.
Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University
Serving the Brown University community since 1891
www.browndailyherald.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM