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University Research Aims to Improve Tornado Predictions
May 8 2008 // Three hot-air balloons dropped asphalt shingles, lumber, sticks, leaves and pine needles onto a north Alabama landfill, so scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville could gather data needed to improve tornado...
Parents File Lawsuit over Fatal School Bus Crash in Kentucky
May 5 2008 // The parents of a teenager killed when a dump truck crashed into a school bus on a curvy northern Kentucky highway filed a lawsuit. Daniel Wood’s parents are alleging negligence by the trucking company and the driver...
Shooting Prompts Safety Measures at Mississippi College
Apr 28 2008 // Mississippi’s Jackson State University will install metal detectors in two dormitories and ban visitors to both residential halls as part of new security measures. JSU spokesman Anthony Dean said April 24 that the...
University Officials in Kentucky Add Public Safety Enhancements
Apr 22 2008 // Murray State University officials expect emergency sirens to be operational on the Kentucky campus in about a month, part of an effort to enhance security procedures that can warn of violence or severe weather. President...
Insurers Keen on NCAA’s Basket-full of Opportunities
Apr 21 2008 // The Hartford and XL Insurance pursue insurance industry’s love affair with sports-related, 360-degree marketing The University of Kansas men’s basketball team may have been the big winner in the recent NCAA...
Insurers Keen on NCAA’s Basket-full of Opportunities
Apr 21 2008 // The Hartford and XL Insurance pursue insurance industry’s love affair with sports-related, 360-degree marketing Quite a few insurers’ names have been bounced and bandied about like basketballs on TV lately, and...
Zurich Names Patton, Constantinou to Climate Initiative Team
Apr 14 2008 // Zurich Financial Services Group announced the appointment of Lindene Patton and Elpida Constantinou to key positions within its Climate Office, both will report to Michael Kerner, Global Chief Underwriting Officer and Head...
Cleveland Boy: Took Wheel to Steer Runaway School Bus from Danger
Apr 11 2008 // The 11-year-old Cleveland boy who steered a runaway school bus to safety said Wednesday he took the wheel because the bus was rolling toward a semi. David Murphy told on ABC’s “Good Morning America” other...
Insurers Keen on NCAA’s Basket-Full of Opportunities
Apr 8 2008 // The University of Kansas men’s basketball team may have been the big winner at last night’s NCAA championship — but when it comes to the NCAA’s bonanza of sponsorship benefits from basketball and...
Insurers Keen on NCAA’s Basket-full of Opportunities
Apr 7 2008 // The Hartford and XL Insurance pursue insurance industry’s love affair with sports-related, 360-degree marketing Quite a few insurers’ names have been bounced and bandied about like basketballs on TV lately, and...
Game Plan For College and University Safety on the Road
Apr 7 2008 // Transporting student athletes to sporting events can pose great liability risk for schools When the NCAA Men’s Final Four made their way to San Antonio at the beginning of April, no doubt the players and coaches were...
Bridge Compensation Bill Would Shield University of Minnesota
Apr 3 2008 // Buried deep inside one version of a bill to compensate the victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse is language that would shield the University of Minnesota from any liability. University researchers authored a 2001...
Four Charged in 1999 Arson Fire at Michigan State University
Mar 24 2008 // More than eight years after a New Year’s Eve fire at Michigan State University, four people have been indicted related to an arson incident federal authorities said was an act of domestic terrorism. The government...
Four Charged in 1999 Arson Fire at Michigan State University
Mar 13 2008 // More than eight years after a New Year’s Eve fire at Michigan State University, four people have been indicted related to an arson incident federal authorities said Tuesday was an act of domestic terrorism. The...
Storm-Damaged Tenn. University Insured but Page Asks for Donations
Feb 29 2008 // Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page is asking churches to give money to Jackson, Tennessee’s Union University to help rebuild its campus after a powerful tornado caused more than $40 million in damages...
Officials Suspect Arson Caused University of Tennessee Dorm Evacuation
Feb 27 2008 // Tennessee officials arrested a man on suspicion of setting a fire in the elevator of a dormitory at Knoxville’s University of Tennessee. Authorities have not identified the man or said if he was a student. Greve Hall...
University of West Georgia Investigating Suspected Arsons in Dorm
Feb 25 2008 // University of West Georgia authorities are investigating a string of suspected arsons in a campus dorm. Director of Public Safety Tom Mackel says all three fires were set within weeks of each other in the middle of the...
Damage Could Reach $40 Million for Tennessee’s Union University
Feb 8 2008 // In Jackson, Tenn., Union University President David Dockery has estimated damages from Tuesday night’s tornado could reach $40 million. A severe storm that hit the school in 2002 caused $2.6 million in...
Insurer sues Miss. Coast School District in Wind Versus Water Case
Feb 8 2008 // An insurance company is suing the Bay St. Louis-Waveland, Miss., School District over wind versus water damage related to Hurricane Katrina. Cathedral Capital Limited has asked a federal judge to determine what is its...
Structural Concerns Partially Close S.C.’s Ninety Six High School
Feb 8 2008 // Two wings of Ninety Six, S.C., High School have been closed after architects said they were worried about the safety of the roof. School district superintendent Dan Powell says the school was to close Thursday so officials...
