{
  "id": "2026-02-22-university-of-pennsylvania-winter-operations-suspension",
  "slug": "university-of-pennsylvania-winter-operations-suspension-2026-02-22",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Pennsylvania",
    "shortName": "Penn",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UPennAlert",
    "enrollment": 28000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-02-22",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Normal operations suspended the next day for inclement weather",
    "headlinePublic": "Normal operations suspended the next day for inclement weather",
    "summary": "Penn [issued a UPennAlert at 4:49 p.m. February 22 suspending normal operations for Monday, February 23](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/suspension-of-normal-operations/) because of inclement weather, and said instructors could teach online without staff support.",
    "outcome": "Monday February 23 operations suspended. Distinct from the January 25 and January 26 winter-suspension siblings."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:49:00-05:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Normal University operations are suspended for Monday, February 23, 2026, due to inclement weather.\n\nWhen University normal operations are suspended, employees are generally not expected to work unless they are designated essential.\n\nInstructors may choose to teach their course online tomorrow, synchronously or asynchronously, rather than rescheduling due to inclement weather. Instructors would need to inform students in their courses of their instructional plans, while allowing their students flexibility in case they are unable to participate remotely. Instructors choosing to teach must also be able to hold the class online without assistance from staff (since non-essential staff are not required to work). Thus, if staff support is needed, the instructor will be unable to teach their course virtually.\n\nEssential University staff for critical campus operations and life sustaining operations and all Health System physicians and staff are required to report to work at their regularly scheduled start time. Participants in academic clinical programs may also be expected to report, please confirm with your program administrator. Please exercise caution and take your time in traveling to campus. If possible, utilize public transit if available. Please consult with your supervisor should you have any questions.\n\nWith the prior approval of the Executive Vice President and Provost and advance notification to employees, fully online academic programs, executive format programs, and/or programs that operate from a different geographic location may follow different closing decisions. Check with your program administrator should you have any questions. For details, review the policy Suspension of Normal Operations (upenn.edu)\n\nUniversity Resources:\n\n- Public Safety: All Public Safety resources remain available.\n- Penn Transit Services: Please monitor www.upenn.edu/PennTransit as well as the PennTransit Mobile app for service modifications.\n- Penn Parking: Patrons should visit www.upenn.edu/parking for up-to-date information during any weather emergency.\n- Student Health & Counseling: Visit the Wellness website for hours of operation: https://wellness.upenn.edu/student-health-and-counseling\n- Penn Mail: Penn Mail Services will be open. Any changes to operations will be posted at www.upenn.edu/mail.\n- Penn Dining: Visit the Penn Dining website for current information: https://dining.business-services.upenn.edu/\n- Penn Libraries System: Visit the Penn Libraries website for hours and availability: https://www.library.upenn.edu\n- Penn Campus Recreation: Visit the recreation website for facility hours here: https://recreation.upenn.edu/",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/suspension-of-normal-operations/",
      "sourceDescription": "UPennAlert archive: February 22 winter operations suspension",
      "annotations": [
        "Official UPennAlert archive 2026-09-21. sha256 ed47be8651f39ae18d2896e30f4683b5bd551609f66aeae8b86c1fd5e6df05fe. Dual-blind: archive-package open_page complete body plus r.jina.ai of the same URL recovering the same posted alert. curl/web_fetch Cloudflare challenge. Body is the posted alert text below the Date of Alert line. 'This alert is no longer active' chrome was not captured.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-01-25-university-of-pennsylvania-winter-operations-suspension and 2026-01-26-university-of-pennsylvania-winter-operations-suspension: February 23 close vs January 26/27 closes.",
        "Distinct incident from 2021-09-01-university-of-pennsylvania-hurricane-ida-flooding: different date and winter operations suspension vs Ida flooding."
      ],
      "characterCount": 2665
    }
  ],
  "context": "Penn posts UPennAlert products on the [upa-archive](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/suspension-of-normal-operations/). Date of Alert on the page: February 22, 2026 4:49 pm.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "UPennAlert suspended normal operations for Monday, February 23, 2026, and added instructor-online guidance not present on the January siblings."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UPennAlert archive: February 22 winter operations suspension",
      "url": "https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/suspension-of-normal-operations/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 06:40Z"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "pennsylvania",
    "penn",
    "winter-storm",
    "upennalert",
    "ivy"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}