Campus Alert Archive

Institution

University of Maryland, College Park

UMDMDPublic R1UMD Alerts~41,200 students

Cases: 14
Alerts: 29
Verbatim: 28%
Span: 1970–2026

Official alert policy

How UMD says it will alert — when and how UMD Alerts activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.

Case log

Every documented incident

14 cases · 8 of 29 alert messages verbatim-confirmed

2026

assault: 2026-05-011:32 AM, 7200 Baltimore: UMD's Community Advisory for a Second-Degree Assault Just Off the Eastern Edge of Campusadvisory1 injured
robbery: 2026-02-21Three Men, Handguns, and a Baltimore Avenue Storefront Robberytimely warningverbatim

2025

2024

2022

power outage: 2022-07-12A Wet Microburst, 90-MPH Winds, and 30 Hours Without Power at UMDadvisoryverbatim

2021

civil unrest: 2021-01-06'Less Than 10 Miles From Our Campus': President Pines's January 6 Statement to the Terpsadvisoryverbatim

2018

disease outbreak: 2018-11-19UMD Confirms Adenovirus 7 Strain a Day After Olivia Paregol's Deathadvisory1 killed · 34 injured

2017

stabbing: 2017-05-20Bowie State Senior and Newly Commissioned Army Officer Fatally Stabbed at UMD Bus Stop in Hate Crimeemergency notification1 killedverbatim

2013

shooting: 2013-02-12The Tan Honda Odyssey That Wasn't: How a 1:16 AM UMD Alert Sent Suspects Hunting a Vehicle That Didn't Existtimely warning1 killed · 1 injured

2005

arson: 2005-04-30He Came Back With Gasoline at 4:15 AM: A Princeton Avenue Fire That Killed a Senior Three Weeks Before Graduationtimely warning1 killed · 1 injured

2001

tornado: 2001-09-24Two Sisters Killed When an F3 Tornado Crossed Campusemergency notification2 killed

1970

civil unrest: 1970-05-01College Park Explodes: 2,000 UMD Students Block Route 1, Torch Buildings in Largest Protest in University Historyemergency notification

By incident type

What UMD has alerted about

Property Crime · 3 Active Shooter · 2 Civil Unrest · 2 arson · 1 assault · 1 Infrastructure · 1 Public Health · 1 stabbing · 1 Swatting · 1 Weather · 1

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