Institution
Boston University
BUMAPrivate R1BU Alert~36,000 students
- Cases
- 26
- Alerts
- 34
- Verbatim
- 88%
- Span
- 2013–2026
Official alert policy
How BU says it will alert: when and how BU Alert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
26 cases · 30 of 34 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- weather: 2026-08-06Cooling centers open under a two-day heat advisoryemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-07-15Massachusetts Air Quality Alert-, The Massachusetts Department ofemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-07-14Heat advisory for Boston area through 15emergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-07-09Heat advisory for Boston area through 10emergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-06-29Extreme heat warning for Boston area through 4emergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-05-19Heat advisory for Boston area through 20emergency notificationverbatim
- robbery: 2026-03-09Attempted armed robbery of a moped rider on Commonwealth Avenue; victim uninjuredtimely warningverbatim
- winter storm: 2026-02-22Blizzard dropped about 17 inches of snow, closing all three campuses for multiple daysadvisoryverbatim
- weather: 2026-02-22Winter weather closure for all campusesemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-01-24Winter storm closes campuses-26; reopenemergency notificationverbatim
2025
- weather: 2025-08-11A multi-day heat advisory keeps cooling centers openemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2025-07-26Cooling centers listed ahead of a three-day heat advisoryemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2025-07-23Heat advisory brings cooling centers and a hydration reminderemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2025-07-14Four-day heat advisory with cooling centers and call numbersemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2025-07-05Heat advisory extended, with cooling centers still openemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2025-06-21Extreme heat warning lists cooling centers and call numbersemergency notificationverbatim
2024
- theft: 2024-09-25Theft reported with community awareness guidance; near University Community,; (scooteradvisoryverbatim
- motor vehicle theft: 2024-08-15Thefts from parked vehicles near campus areatimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2024-03-17Intruder enters a student residence through the front door overnight; nothing takentimely warningverbatim
- other: 2024-01-12Fraud warning for concerning campus-area activitytimely warningverbatim
2023
- other: 2023-11-21Fraud warning about recent campus-area activitytimely warningverbatim
- sexual assault: 2023-10-27Sexual assault pattern timely warning on campus areatimely warningverbatim
- sexual offense: 2023-10-24Two gropings reported hours apart lead to an overnight arrest of a single suspecttimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2023-08-22Early-morning burglaries through open windows hit three residence halls near move-intimely warningverbatim
- swatting: 2023-04-09Simultaneous hoax active-shooter calls at opposite ends of campus; no threat foundemergency notificationverbatim
By incident type