The Chronicle of Higher Education

U. of Memphis Student Is Arrested as FBI Investigates Possible Terrorism Ties

By SARA LIPKA

A freshman at the University of Memphis was detained last week after federal agents found a pilot's uniform, a map of Memphis International Airport, and pilot-training materials in his off-campus apartment.

The student, Mahmoud Maawad, a native of Egypt who is in the United States illegally,...

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