Institution
Northwestern University
NorthwesternILPrivate R1AlertNU~23,000 students
- Cases
- 8
- Alerts
- 17
- Verbatim
- 76%
- Span
- 2018–2025
Official alert policy
How Northwestern says it will alert: when and how AlertNU activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
8 cases · 13 of 17 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2025
2024
- shooting: 2024-11-08Shuttle windshield struck by a suspected bullettimely warningverbatim
- power outage: 2024-10-22Equipment failure knocks out power to campus buildings for hoursadvisoryverbatim
- civil unrest: 2024-04-25Pro-Palestinian encampment ends in a negotiated agreement after four days; no arrestsadvisoryverbatim
- shooting: 2024-02-25Bullet casings found after a shots-fired report; 49-minute campus lockdownemergency notificationverbatim
By incident type