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  "id": "2020-03-03-university-of-washington-door-access-malfunctioning-for-some-campus-buildin",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-door-access-malfunctioning-for-some-campus-buildin-2020-03-03",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2020-03-03",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Door access malfunctioning for some campus buildings",
    "headlinePublic": "Door access malfunctioning for some campus buildings",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published a UW Alert Blog update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2020/03/03/employee-door-access-malfunctioning-for-some-campus-buildings/) on or about 2020-03-03. Full text is preserved from the official emergency blog.",
    "outcome": "See official update page for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2020-03-03",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE at 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 4: Access to campus buildings is restored. Employee Husky cards should allow access to buildings as normal.\n\nUPDATE at 9:06 p.m.: Husky card access to some campus buildings may be delayed through Wednesday, but buildings should unlock at normal times Wednesday morning. This post will be updated when all building access is restored.\n\nUPDATE at 4:45 p.m.: Door access is still not working for employees in some campus buildings, and Husky cards will not open doors after they auto-lock this evening. Repairs are ongoing, and officials expect all buildings will be accessible with Husky cards by early Wednesday morning.\n\nIf a UW employee has an urgent need to enter their building after hours, contact UWPD's non-emergency line at 206-685-8973.\n\nImpacted buildings:\n\nWallace Hall\n\nAllen Library\n\nArchitecture\n\nArt Building\n\nBagley Hall\n\nWilliam H. Foege\n\nCommunity Design Building\n\nClark Hall\n\nCorp Yard buildings\n\nFluke Hall\n\nFacilities Admin Building\n\nGould Hall\n\nGates Law\n\nGerberding Hall\n\nGuthrie Hall\n\nGuggenhiem Hall\n\nHaggett Hall\n\nMagnuson Health Sciences\n\nHusky Union Building (HUB)\n\nJohnson Hall\n\nKirsten Wind Tunnel\n\nLewis Hall\n\nMechanical Engineering Building\n\nMerril Hall\n\nMary Gates Hall\n\nMeany Hall\n\nMarine Science Building\n\nOdegard Library\n\nPACCAR Hall\n\nPlant Services Building\n\nBlue Flame Building (off campus)\n\nPuget Sound Plaza (off campus)\n\nRaitt Hall\n\nSavery Hall\n\nSouth Campus Center\n\nSand Point Building 25 Piediactric Dentistry\n\nSandpoint Building 5\n\nSuzzullo Library\n\nUW Tower Building C\n\nUW Tower Building S\n\nUW Tower Building T\n\nWestern Ave (off campus)\n\nUPDATE at 4:09 p.m.: Work on the Husky card malfunction is ongoing and there is no estimated time yet for repairs to the system. This post will be updated with more information.\n\nORIGINAL Post at 12:28 p.m. Tuesday, March 3: Some UW employees are not able to access some campus buildings due to a Husky card malfunction. Student cards do not appear to be impacted.\n\nUW Information Technology is aware of the problem and is working on a fix. Updates will be provided here as available.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2020/03/03/employee-door-access-malfunctioning-for-some-campus-buildings/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 2103,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Washington UW Alert Blog multi-update emergency archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Alert Blog page preserves complete multi-update alert text."
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    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Door access malfunctioning for some campus buildings",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2020/03/03/employee-door-access-malfunctioning-for-some-campus-buildings/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "weather"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
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