MIT professor Nuno Loureiro's friend speaks out
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The still-unsolved shooting death of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro this week has sent shockwaves through the campus.
Neves Valente came to the United States in 2000 on an F-1 student visa and began a doctoral program at Brown that fall.
MIT professor and plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro was fatally shot in Massachusetts. Here’s what to know about his career and research.
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Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente and slain MIT professor Nuno Loureiro reportedly went to same Portuguese engineering school
Valente, the deceased Brown University shooting suspect, is believed to be the killer of the MIT professor Nuno Loureiro. Massachusetts US Attorney Leah Foley confirmed the connection in a media conference on Thursday.
Brown University President Christina Paxson said it was likely Valente had once taken classes inside the same building during his time as a student.
Police have intensified their search for a suspect in the killing of Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics professor Nuno F
Nuno F.G. Loureiro, the professor, attended the same physics program in Portugal as the man suspected in his killing.
Authorities said they were examining whether Nuno Loureiro’s death was connected to the mass shooting Saturday at Brown University in Providence.