Authorities ask for assistance in finding two missing PhD students in Tampa
Search Underway for Missing University Students Two doctoral students from the University of South Florida have been missing for nearly a week, prompting police to hold a public hearing in hopes of locating them. Zamir Limon and Nahida Bristi, both 27 years old, were last seen separately on April 16 in Tampa, Florida, according to […]
Over 30 Schools End Relationships with Race-Focused PhD Program After Trump’s Administration Takes Action
Universities Cut Ties with Discriminatory Organizations At least 31 universities have ended their partnerships with groups targeted by the Trump administration for alleged racial discrimination in doctoral programs. The Department of Education (ED) initiated an inquiry into 45 universities in March 2025, questioning their ties to “The Ph.D. Project,” which was accused of establishing eligibility […]
PhD student admits to drugging and assaulting women while capturing disturbing images, police say.
Doctoral Student Accused of Assaulting Multiple Women A 30-year-old Chinese man, who completed his doctorate at the University of California, has admitted to committing a shocking crime involving the drugging, binding, and sexual assault of three women. Allegations state he later posed them in explicit positions, according to prosecutors. Sizhe Wang, who pursued a PhD […]
PhD student at USC taken into custody for drugging and assaulting several women
Chinese Medical Student Arrested for Drugging and Raping Women A Chinese man enrolled in a medical doctorate program in California has been apprehended on charges of drugging and assaulting multiple women. Authorities suggest there could be additional victims. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office reported on Wednesday that 30-year-old Shize Wen was arrested and […]
Indian PhD Graduate Successfully Fights Deportation to Remain in the US
Legal Victory for Indian Doctoral Student in South Dakota Washington: Priya Saxena, a 28-year-old doctoral student from India, has secured a legal victory that allows her to remain in the United States. Recently graduating with a PhD in chemistry and bioengineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, she faced deportation due to […]
Congressional Delegation Meets with PhD Student Trapped in ICE Detention
On Tuesday, congressional delegations journeyed to Louisiana to advocate for the release of Lumeisa Ozturk, a doctoral student from Tufts University, and Mahmoud Khalil, a 2024 graduate of Columbia University, to review their situations in separate detention centers. This marked the inaugural visit of a delegation to meet with either detainee. The visit was the […]
University of Alabama PhD student detained by federal immigration officials
According to the school, doctoral students at the University of Alabama are being detained by federal immigration authorities. Alileza Drowdy, a researcher of Iranian national mechanical engineering, was detained by an officer of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) at his home off-campus in Tuscaloosa around 5am on Tuesday, UA student paper Crimson […]
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for PhD student accused of killing her friend’s baby in Pennsylvania
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PhD student accused of murdering close friend’s newborn baby, abusing tot’s twin is daughter of prominent NYC cardiologist
The daughter of a prominent Manhattan cardiologist and researcher has been accused of murdering the young twin sons of one of her best friends. Nicole Virge, a fifth-year doctoral student in the San Diego State University/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, is also accused of physically abusing the dead baby’s twin sister, […]
PhD student accused of horrifically killing friend’s newborn baby after assaulting tot’s twin
A California doctoral student is accused of assaulting and killing her friend’s newborn twin brothers in Pennsylvania by shattering their skulls, according to the officers who arrested her. Nicole Virge, 29, was babysitting her best friend Leon Katz’s 6-week-old baby at his Pittsburgh home when the baby suffered a fractured skull and brain hemorrhage, authorities […]