Sep 18, 2024

Berkeley Scanner Features MIMS Final Project “WarnMe: Is This Even For Me?”

From The Berkeley Scanner

UC Berkeley warns of sex crimes tied to ‘spiked drinks’

By Emilie Raguso

Police are looking into reports of possible sex crimes and serious assaults linked to “spiked drinks” at a residence near UC Berkeley on Friday.

Details remain slim this week: It was unclear exactly where the incidents may have happened or whether authorities had been able to corroborate any reports that came in...

In May, a small research team in UC Berkeley’s School of Information published its own “toolkit for understanding and evaluating the emergency mass notification alert system” at Cal (and elsewhere).

The group’s “capstone study,” titled, “WarnMe: Is this even for me?” described how the Clery Act had come about in 1990 after freshman Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania...

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“WarnMe: Is this even for me?” was a 2024 final project created by MIMS alums Courtney Smith, Sirak Fisseha Weldegebriel, Ellis Martin, Ali Khan, and Dean Rene.

Last updated: September 19, 2024