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  "id": "2025-07-05-boston-university-heat-advisory-extended-cooling-centers",
  "slug": "boston-university-heat-advisory-extended-cooling-centers-2025-07-05",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Boston University",
    "shortName": "BU",
    "state": "MA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "BU Alert",
    "enrollment": 36000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-07-05",
    "endDate": "2025-07-08",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Heat advisory extended, with cooling centers still open",
    "headlinePublic": "Heat advisory extended, with cooling centers still open",
    "summary": "Boston University Emergency Management [opened cooling centers for a heat advisory](https://www.bu.edu/em/2025/07/05/heat-advisory-7-6-25-7-7-25/) and then [said the advisory was extended](https://www.bu.edu/em/2025/07/07/heat-advisory-extended-to-7-8-25/) with cooling centers still operating.",
    "outcome": "The advisory was extended and cooling centers stayed open. Campus police numbers were given for a heat emergency on campus."
  },
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      "type": "initial",
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      "verbatimText": "Heat Advisory – 7/6/25-7/7/25\n\nThe National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for the Boston area Sunday, July 6 and Monday, July 7. Heat temperatures for the next two days will be in the 90s with high humidity making it feel even warmer.\n\nBoston University will open cooling centers until Friday for summer program students and others in the BU community seeking relief from the heat at the following locations.\n\nCooling Center Locations and Hours of Operation:\n\nQuestrom School of Business Lobby, 595 Commonwealth Avenue: 7AM-10PM\nDuan Family Center for Data and Computing Sciences Lobby, 665 Commonwealth Avenue: 7AM-10PM (Card Access after 7PM)\nGeorge Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue: 7AM-Midnight\nHoward Thurman Center for Common Ground Lobby, 808 Commonwealth Avenue: 9AM-5PM (Monday & Tuesday)\n522 Park Drive Basement Lounge (South Campus Residents Only), 522 Park Drive: 24 hours Note: South Campus location is inaccessible for those with mobility impairments. Students with accessibility concerns should use the GSU location\n\nSummer Program Residents Only\n\nClaflin Hall, Basement Room B11B and B11C, 273 Babcock St: 24 hours\nRich Hall, Room 110 – Cinema Room, 277 Babcock St: 24 hours\nSleeper Hall, Room 210A, 210B, and 212, 275 Babcock St: 24 hours\n\nBU students, faculty and staff are reminded to take precautions against heat-related illness or injuries. Physical activities or outside work should be limited between 10AM and 3PM and/or when the temperature exceeds 90 degrees. Drink plenty of fluids to stay hydrated. When outside, remember to seek out shaded areas, wear clothing that is light-colored and loose fitting and apply sunscreen.\n\nPlease visit the campus map of bottle filling stations.\n\nStudents, faculty, or staff who are on campus and believe they may be experiencing a heat-related emergency on the Charles River Campus should call BUPD at 617-353-2121 and 617-358-4444 on the Medical Campus; off campus should call 911.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bu.edu/em/2025/07/05/heat-advisory-7-6-25-7-7-25/",
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      "type": "update",
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      "verbatimText": "Heat Advisory Extended to 7/8/25\n\nThe National Weather Service has extended the Heat Advisory for the Boston area until Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Heat temperatures will continue to be in the 90s with high humidity making it feel even warmer.\n\nBoston University will continue operating cooling centers for summer program students and others in the BU community seeking relief from the heat at the following locations. Cooling Center Locations and Hours of Operation:\n\nQuestrom School of Business Lobby, 595 Commonwealth Avenue: 7AM-10PM\nDuan Family Center for Data and Computing Sciences Lobby, 665 Commonwealth Avenue: 7AM-10PM (Card Access after 7PM)\nGeorge Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue: 7AM-Midnight\nHoward Thurman Center for Common Ground Lobby, 808 Commonwealth Avenue: 9AM-5PM (Monday & Tuesday)\n522 Park Drive Basement Lounge (South Campus Residents Only), 522 Park Drive: 24 hours Note: South Campus location is inaccessible for those with mobility impairments. Students with accessibility concerns should use the GSU location\n\nSummer Program Residents Only\n\nClaflin Hall, Basement Room B11B and B11C, 273 Babcock St: 24 hours\nRich Hall, Room 110 – Cinema Room, 277 Babcock St: 24 hours\nSleeper Hall, Room 210A, 210B, and 212, 275 Babcock St: 24 hours\n\nBU students, faculty and staff are reminded to take precautions against heat-related illness or injuries. Physical activities or outside work should be limited between 10AM and 3PM and/or when the temperature exceeds 90 degrees. Drink plenty of fluids to stay hydrated. When outside, remember to seek out shaded areas, wear clothing that is light-colored and loose fitting and apply sunscreen.\n\nPlease visit the campus map of bottle filling stations.\n\nStudents, faculty, or staff who are on campus and believe they may be experiencing a heat-related emergency on the Charles River Campus should call BUPD at 617-353-2121 and 617-358-4444 on the Medical Campus; off campus should call 911",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
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      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bu.edu/em/2025/07/07/heat-advisory-extended-to-7-8-25/",
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
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    "massachusetts",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
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