{
  "id": "2025-01-05-saint-louis-university-two-day-winter-closure",
  "slug": "saint-louis-university-two-day-winter-closure-2025-01-05",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Saint Louis University",
    "shortName": "SLU",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SLU Alert",
    "enrollment": 15000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-01-05",
    "endDate": "2025-01-07",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "headline": "In-person classes and campus work are canceled, then canceled again",
    "headlinePublic": "In-person classes and campus work are canceled, then canceled again",
    "summary": "On January 5, 2025 the provost canceled in-person classes, work, and activities for January 6, closed dining and the libraries, and told non-essential staff they could work from home. A January 6 letter extended that cancellation through January 7.",
    "outcome": "In-person operations were canceled on January 6 and again on January 7."
  },
  "alerts": [
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "January 5, 2025 dateline above the letter. The hashed body prints no clock.",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Dear Saint Louis University community,\n\nDue to the inclement weather affecting the greater St. Louis region, all in-person classes, work and activities — not involving essential employees — will be canceled on Monday, January 6, 2025. Please note that most undergraduate and graduate classes do not begin until Monday, January 13.\n\nOn-campus food service locations will be closed. Please note that the University Libraries will also be closed for the day. \n\nMeetings for official University business should be moved to Zoom or Microsoft Teams. Non-essential staff may move their work online and work from home. Please contact your supervisor for further instructions.\n\nSLUCare has already announced its intent to open at 1 p.m. on Monday. For additional information regarding SLUCare hours, please reach out to your provider’s office.\n\nAny updates on additional closures will be shared as we assess the evolving weather conditions. For the latest information, please call the SLU SNOWline at 314-977-SNOW.\n\nPlease stay safe, and keep an eye on your email in case additional updates are needed.\n\nSincerely,\n\nMike Lewis, Ph.D.\nProvost",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.slu.edu/provost/provost-communications/campus-closure-for-inclement-weather-1-6-25.php",
      "sourceDescription": "Provost letter canceling January 6 operations",
      "characterCount": 1132,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads matched sha256 e74b012b128694bd24e075c3aa20f043eb94e839f5420bbd8dad40e68fb01fb9.",
        "The em dashes, the curly apostrophe, and the non-breaking space after day. are kept."
      ]
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "January 6, 2025 dateline above the letter. The hashed body prints no clock.",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Dear Saint Louis University community,\n\nGiven the continued wintery conditions in the greater St. Louis region, and to allow additional time for roads to be cleared, all in-person classes, work and activities on our St. Louis campuses - not involving essential employees - will be canceled again on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.\n\nOn-campus food service locations and the University Libraries will also be closed for the day.\n\nMeetings for official University business should be moved to Zoom or Microsoft Teams. Non-essential staff may move their work online and work from home. Please contact your supervisor for further instructions.\n\nFor information regarding SLUCare hours, please reach out to your provider’s office.\n\nAny updates on additional closures will be shared as we assess the evolving weather conditions. For the latest information, please call the SLU SNOWline at 314-977-SNOW.\n\nAgain, we encourage everyone to please stay safe, and keep an eye on your email in case additional updates are needed.\n\nSincerely,\n\nMike Lewis, Ph.D.\nProvost",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.slu.edu/provost/provost-communications/campus-closure-for-inclement-weather-1-7-25.php",
      "sourceDescription": "Provost letter extending the cancellation through January 7",
      "characterCount": 1047,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads matched sha256 704da374b0485c6bce5507bb3770d3eea815177924199db82828cc287e632621.",
        "Same winter closure as sequence 1. The hyphen in campuses - not involving is kept."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "context": "Both letters are provost pages. Safety and DPS pages on slu.edu had no public warning archive on this pass.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "January 6 in-person operations were canceled, then the cancellation was extended through January 7."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Provost letter canceling January 6 operations",
      "url": "https://www.slu.edu/provost/provost-communications/campus-closure-for-inclement-weather-1-6-25.php",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "No SPN save this batch. Snapshot not requested while other reads were in flight. Two reads sha256 e74b012b128694bd24e075c3aa20f043eb94e839f5420bbd8dad40e68fb01fb9."
    },
    {
      "title": "Provost letter extending the cancellation through January 7",
      "url": "https://www.slu.edu/provost/provost-communications/campus-closure-for-inclement-weather-1-7-25.php",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "No SPN save this batch. Snapshot not requested while other reads were in flight. Two reads sha256 704da374b0485c6bce5507bb3770d3eea815177924199db82828cc287e632621."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2025",
    "weather",
    "private-r1"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}