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Learning from the first crisis: Don’t make the same mistakes twice

Virginia Tech’s shooting massacre in 2007 changed the way universities and other public institutions respond to crises.  As a result of the slow, manual campus warning system in place on the day a deranged gunman killed 32 people, emergency and crisis response leaders more rapid alert protocols, adding blast texts and emails along with other traditional warnings. Read more