During the recent political unrest in Egypt, Chris Boroski sent emails to Duke students, faculty and staff in the region on Duke business to ask if they needed help.
To find out who was in the region, Boroski, Duke's director of corporate risk management, turned to the online Duke International Travel Registry.
"It is the first place we go to when a crisis happens to find out if any Duke people might be in danger," Boroski said. "But it is only as good as the information provided by the traveler."
The registry, which launched in 2008, helps in coordinating a response for Duke community members who may be caught in an international emergency while traveling abroad for Duke. Registering an itinerary, passport information and emergency contact information is required for all undergraduates regardless of destination, and all graduate students going to a destination on Duke's Restricted Regions List.
Registration is recommended for all others, including graduate students, faculty and staff. The travel registry was upgraded last May to allow proxies like assistants or business managers to enter information into the system. The upgrade also enabled special alerts, such as an email notification to the traveler if his or her passport has less than six months before expiration.
Read more about the Duke International Travel Registry on Duke Today.