July 19, 2008
WVU Research Corp., Union Carbide disagreed on insurance needs

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- WVU Research Corp. officials said Friday they needed more protection than Union Carbide Corp. had offered against potential environmental liabilities at the site of a proposed South Charleston research campus.

Both parties announced Thursday they had "mutually canceled" a deal in which WVU Research Corp. would have established the WVU Charleston Research Campus on 58 acres of land that is part of the Union Carbide Technology Park.

Union Carbide Corp. is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co.

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    Posted By: sure (9:52pm 08-30-2008)
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    Quote: "We believed we needed additional protection," "Peterson said. "That was what we believed was good business practice, to make sure we were completely covered under any circumstance."

    Good business practice for WVU student population but not needed for the Tech student population. Correct??

    Mark Twain: Truth is stranger than fiction.

    Posted By: repulsive (8:30am 07-19-2008)
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    So WVU Research Corporation says no for placement of a research facility on the Dow site today, but, in 2006, WVU had no hesitation in placing the Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering in Montgomery and its students on that very sight.

    How inexcusable!!!

    Posted By: watcher (8:24am 07-19-2008)
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    Dr Peterson, was the Board of the Research Corp consulted on this?

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