Campus Alert Archive

Institution

Northeastern University

NUMAPrivate R1NU Alert~30,000 students

Cases: 8
Alerts: 19
Verbatim: 42%
Span: 2013–2026

Official alert policy

How NU says it will alert — when and how NU Alert (Rave Mobile Safety) activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.

Case log

Every documented incident

8 cases · 8 of 19 alert messages verbatim-confirmed

2026

stabbing: 2026-03-27Two Hours Later: Marino Center Stabbing Exposes NU Alert Communication Gaptimely warning1 injuredverbatim

2025

other: 2025-04-06"Approximately 40": Northeastern's Office of Global Services Warns 17,000 International Students After SEVIS Records Begin Disappearingadvisory

2024

2023

fire: 2023-10-10Exploding Candle Fills Willis Hall With Heavy Smoke at Northeastern, Evacuating 100 Residents for 20 Minutesemergency notification

2022

bomb threat: 2022-09-13University Employee Stages Fake Bomb Explosion in Lab, Triggering Massive Campus Evacuationemergency notificationverbatim

2020

chemical spill: 2020-10-19A Glass Bottle, A Drop on the Arm, and a Level-2 Hazmat at Northeastern's Newest Science Complexadvisory1 injured

2013

shelter in place: 2013-04-19Stetson East Becomes a Bunker: Northeastern Delivers Meals to Sheltering Dorms During the Marathon Manhuntemergency notification

By incident type

What NU has alerted about

Bomb Threat · 1 Civil Unrest · 1 Fire · 1 Hazmat / Gas · 1 other · 1 Police Activity · 1 Property Crime · 1 stabbing · 1

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