http://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051222/NEWS0110/512220385/1002

Think tank, universities to take on storm woes

...Jackson State University and the University of Southern Mississippi, along with institutions in Alabama and Louisiana, will work with Calif.-based nonprofit Rand Corp. to develop the institute....

...The universities would offer assistance in areas of expertise. Mason said JSU could contribute in the areas of housing, engineering, education policy and political policy.

Cecil Burge, USM vice president for research and economic development, said the university likely would work on projects involving construction management, rural health-care delivery, emergency response and financing....