Campus Alert Archive

Institution

University of Nevada, Reno

UNRNVPublic R1UNR AlertsRave~21,000 students

Cases: 4
Alerts: 10
Verbatim: 20%
Span: 2019–2026

Official alert policy

How UNR says it will alert — when and how University of Nevada, Reno Emergency Alert System activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.

Case log

Every documented incident

4 cases · 2 of 10 alert messages verbatim-confirmed

2026

winter storm: 2026-02-17Four Days, Three Closures, One Delayed Start: UNR's Rolling Cascade of Alerts During the February 2026 Sierra Stormadvisory

2024

threat of violence: 2024-07-12A Vague Email and a Violent Past: UNR Warns Campus About Former Medical Student With Manslaughter Convictiontimely warningverbatim

2023

swatting: 2023-04-09Fifteen Minutes to Clear the Quad: UNR Swatting Call Part of Nationwide Campus Waveemergency notification

2019

gas leak: 2019-07-05A Severed Gas Line, Two Boiler Explosions, and a Summer Dorm Torn Open at Renoemergency notificationverbatim

By incident type

What UNR has alerted about

Hazmat / Gas · 1 Swatting · 1 threat of violence · 1 Weather · 1

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