The closure comes after "no rapists on our campus" was painted on The Fence during a summit at Carnegie Mellon University.

Students at Carnegie Mellon University are raising concerns about free speech on campus after a politically charged message aimed at President Donald Trump was painted over — twice — on a campus landmark known as “The Fence.

The inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit held Tuesday at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), organized by Republican Sen. Dave McCormick,

Pennsylvania’s national competitiveness as a hub for AI and energy technology brought the nation’s top decision-makers to Carnegie Mellon University July 15 for the inaugural Energy and Innovation Summit.

Western Pennsylvania has had its troubles. After the end of the steel boom, the area decayed, unemployment was rampant — still-vacant coal-fired power plants, steel mills and manufacturing plants stand as ghostly sentinels of an era that vanished long ago.

Students and community members at Carnegie Mellon University are pushing back against the National AI and Energy Summit planned at CMU on July 15.

Hours before President Donald Trump was scheduled to arrive at Carnegie Mellon University, the school administration early Tuesday ordered the painting over of a provocative anti-Trump message written by student Democrats on The Fence,

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