{
  "id": "2026-07-16-university-of-illinois-chicago-unhealthy-air-quality",
  "slug": "university-of-illinois-chicago-unhealthy-air-quality-2026-07-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Illinois Chicago",
    "shortName": "UIC",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UIC Alert",
    "enrollment": 34000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-07-16",
    "type": "air-quality",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Unhealthy air quality alert advises limiting outdoor activity",
    "headlinePublic": "Unhealthy air quality alert advises limiting outdoor activity",
    "summary": "On the evening of Thursday, July 16, 2026, [UIC Ready](https://x.com/UICReady/status/2077935095131029895) issued a UIC ALERT that air quality was at unhealthy levels posing health risks to everyone and strongly advising limiting outdoor activity, with a link to AirNow.",
    "outcome": "No separate all-clear recovered in the short-form UIC ALERT sequence; community directed to AirNow for additional information."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-07-16T20:55:07-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "[UIC ALERT] Air quality is at unhealthy levels and may pose health risks to everyone. Limiting outdoor activity is strongly advised. For additional information, visit AirNow: https://www.airnow.gov/",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UICReady/status/2077935095131029895",
      "sourceDescription": "@UICReady on X (official UIC ALERT)",
      "annotations": [
        "Snowflake decodes to 2026-07-17 ~01:55 UTC (2026-07-16 evening CDT).",
        "Includes AirNow URL for additional information."
      ],
      "characterCount": 198,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "UIC Alert environmental health notice for unhealthy air quality affecting the Chicago campus community in mid-July 2026.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Alert states unhealthy air quality with health risks to everyone and strongly advises limiting outdoor activity."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-social",
      "title": "@UICReady unhealthy air quality",
      "url": "https://x.com/UICReady/status/2077935095131029895",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "air-quality",
    "uic-alert",
    "environmental"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}