This year's Nobel Prize winning alma mater almost closed because

Source: Global Times New MediaOn October 3rd, French physicist Pierre Agostini and two others won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics. Coincidentally, on the day after he won the prize, his alma mater, Axel Marseille University, was forced to declare its closure for a week due to a large number of drug trafficking gangs surrounding the campus

Source: Global Times New Media

On October 3rd, French physicist Pierre Agostini and two others won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics. Coincidentally, on the day after he won the prize, his alma mater, Axel Marseille University, was forced to declare its closure for a week due to a large number of drug trafficking gangs surrounding the campus.

Aix Marseille University Campus (official website of Aix Marseille University)

On October 4th, a document sent by the University of Exeter Marseille to the Mayor of Marseille and other official departments stated that a large number of drug trafficking gangs had emerged near the university's Marseille Colbert campus in the city center. Since the summer of this year, these lurking drug traffickers have been openly hawking outside the campus, making it difficult to ensure the personal safety of teachers and students. Therefore, the dean of the School of Economics and Management of the university has decided to temporarily close the campus from the 6th to the 13th, The school will provide remote teaching or transfer some courses to other campuses.

According to data, the University of Aix-Marseille is a renowned public research university in France, with outstanding achievements in disciplines such as literature, physics, and law. From 1961 to 1968, Pierre Agostini, a renowned physicist and current Nobel laureate in physics, studied here for his bachelor's and doctoral degrees in physics. The Colbert campus of the school is located in the center of Marseille, with a total of 1500 students and 50 faculty members.

Pierre Agostini profile

In recent years, the deteriorating economic situation in this region has led to a surge in crime. According to insiders, drug trafficking gangs have been low-key and cautious in the vicinity of campuses before, but have recently begun to grow and "openly hawk like fish vendors in the market". The principal of the school, Belton, stated that temporarily closing the campus was the "worst choice" he had ever made.

According to a Global Times reporter who consulted the official website of Axes Marseille University, the university released a new announcement today (5th) after communicating with multiple parties, announcing that the Colbert campus will not be closed temporarily, and the local police and security forces will do their best to ensure safety near the campus.

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