Every semester, hundreds of Baylor University students, faculty members and staff fly out of the relative safety of Waco, Texas, to far-flung corners of the globe to travel on behalf of the school— study abroad programs in Europe and Asia, mission trips to Latin America, and research conferences worldwide. Keeping people safe while they travel on behalf of the school is the responsibility of the Baylor University Department of Public Safety. The person in charge of keeping these groups safe is Jared Bickenbach, Director of Global Safety and Security. Bickenbach does this by assessing the risk environment of a region, country or specific city, and sharing that information with travelers before their trips. While groups are on the road, he relies on Dataminr to provide him with

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