Campus Alert Archive

Institution

University of Houston

UHTXPublic R1UH Alert~47,000 students

Cases: 11
Alerts: 25
Verbatim: 8%
Span: 2008–2026

Official alert policy

How UH says it will alert — when and how UH ALERT activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.

Case log

Every documented incident

11 cases · 2 of 25 alert messages verbatim-confirmed

2026

robbery: 2026-02-07A 2:35 a.m. Stickup in the Bayou Oaks Lot, and the Third Campus Robbery of the Yeartimely warning
winter storm: 2026-01-25UH ALERT Goes Statewide: Houston's R1 Flagship and Its Sugar Land and Katy Campuses All Shutter for Winter Storm Fernadvisory

2025

2024

severe storm: 2024-05-16100 MPH Derecho Blows Out Downtown Windows and Shuts UH Across Three Campusesemergency notification

2022

arson: 2022-08-15Because He Wanted To: A Student Torches Four Floors of His Own Dorm With a Gas Canemergency notification

2021

winter storm: 2021-02-15Five Days Frozen: University of Houston Closes Campus as Winter Storm Uri Knocks Power to 91% of Harris Countyemergency notification

2017

hurricane: 2017-08-25140 Students Evacuated From a Bayou-Side Dorm as Harvey Turned Houston Into Lakeemergency notification

2008

hurricane: 2008-09-12One in Five Buildings Hit: How a Brand-New UH Alert System Coordinated Houston's First HEOA-Era Hurricaneadvisory

By incident type

What UH has alerted about

Weather · 6 Property Crime · 2 Active Shooter · 1 arson · 1 Sex Offense · 1

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