Risk Management

Despite Amendment 64, CU-Boulder Still Plans To Snuff 4/20 Smoke-Out

The University of Colorado still plans to make sure thousands of pot smokers don't gather April 20, despite the passage of a statewide measure legalizing marijuana.

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Boulder Daily Camera

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USC Announces New Security Measures In Shooting Aftermath

In the wake of last week’s shooting on campus, USC on Tuesday announced a new set of heightened security measures, including visitor restrictions and mandatory identification checks on anyone seeking to enter the main campus between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Source:

The Los Angeles Times

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In Wake of Hurricane Sandy, Free Webinar Explores Strategies for Unified Emergency Messaging

This free online seminar is sponsored by e2Campus, a provider of unified mass notification systems for sending time-sensitive information to large groups of people.

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Rutgers, Many Other N.J. Colleges Cancel Classes For Rest Of Week

A growing number of New Jersey colleges are canceling classes and sending students home as they clean up from Hurricane Sandy.

Source:

The Star-Ledger

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CU-Boulder Adviser Posts Sign On Door Asking Students To Leave Their Guns Outside

Campus officials told Ken Bonetti he couldn't bar armed students from his office

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Boulder Daily Camera

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With Storm Gone, RI Colleges To Resume Classes

College and university officials in Rhode Island say schools largely escaped damage from Superstorm Sandy and that classes will resume Wednesday.

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AP via The San Francisco Chronicle

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Posting A Threat

Feature

Recognizing and responding to threats of violence made via social media

David Geer

University Business, November 2012

In the wake of the Colorado movie theater shooting and noting the social media clues that appeared beforehand, college and university leaders are taking threats of violence posted to social media very seriously.

Case in point: Kent State University (Ohio) charged 19-year-old student William Koberna with a felony charge of inducing panic and a misdemeanor charge of aggravated menacing for tweeting, “I’m shooting up your school ASAP” and threats to the college president. Koberna’s tweets came five days after the Colorado massacre.

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Colleges, Universities React To 'Superstorm'

Hurricane Sandy has resulted in hazardous winter conditions across the state, meaning many school-aged children are home for the day — unless they're students at the state's two largest universities.

Source:

The State Journal