{
  "id": "2025-09-18-tufts-university-tuftsalert-test",
  "slug": "tufts-university-tuftsalert-test-2025-09-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Tufts University",
    "shortName": "Tufts",
    "state": "MA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TuftsAlert",
    "enrollment": 12000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-09-18",
    "type": "test",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "TuftsAlert Test Sept. 18 2025",
    "headlinePublic": "TuftsAlert Test Sept. 18 2025",
    "summary": "Tufts University [published a TuftsAlert system test notice](https://emergency.tufts.edu/news-events/news/tuftsalert-test-sept-18-2025) on or about 2025-09-18. Full text is preserved from the official emergency management site.",
    "outcome": "System test; no emergency.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2025-09-18",
      "verbatimText": "TuftsAlert Test Sept. 18 2025\n\n September 15, 2025\n\n OEM will conduct a test of TuftsAlert on Sept. 18th\n\n Screenshot of desktop TuftsAlert\n\n On Thursday, September 18, there will be a university-wide test of the TuftsAlert system.\n\nWhat is TuftsAlert?\n\nTuftsAlert is Tufts University's emergency notification system. In the event of a significant emergency or situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of the Tufts community, we will use TuftsAlert to send text, voice, email, and desktop alerts with information that may be critical to your safety.\n\nIt is essential that you keep your contact information up to date in the TuftsAlert system. Please take a minute now to visit the TuftsAlert webpage and confirm your contact information. The information you provide will remain confidential and will be used only to contact you during an emergency.\n\nDesktop Alerting\n\nRunning on your Mac or Windows computer, Alertus Desktop software can display a TuftsAlert message on your computer screen and may be faster than text messaging, email, or telephone. This is already installed on all university-owned computers. Visit our Desktop Alerting webpage for more information and to download Alertus Desktop to your personally owned computer.\n\nOptional Alerts\n\nAn optional service allows you to receive a text notification in the event of a weather-",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.tufts.edu/news-events/news/tuftsalert-test-sept-18-2025",
      "sourceDescription": "TuftsAlert test notice",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.tufts.edu test notice page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1364,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Tufts Office of Emergency Management TuftsAlert test notices.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official emergency management page preserves complete system test notice text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "TuftsAlert Test Sept. 18 2025",
      "url": "https://emergency.tufts.edu/news-events/news/tuftsalert-test-sept-18-2025",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "tufts",
    "tuftsalert",
    "test"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}