Institution
University of Pennsylvania
PennPAPrivate R1UPennAlert~28,000 students
- Cases
- 7
- Alerts
- 15
- Verbatim
- 13%
- Span
- 2021–2026
Official alert policy
How Penn says it will alert — when and how UPennAlert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
7 cases · 2 of 15 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- shooting: 2026-04-25Penn Called an Unprovoked 40th Street Shooting 'Police Activity' for an Hour. Editors Were Furious.emergency notification1 injured
- swatting: 2026-01-31Penn Stays Silent While Citizen App Lights Up: False Gunman Reports at Harrison College House Test the Limits of UPennAlertadvisory
2025
- other: 2025-12-17"Urgent: Effective January 1, 2026": Penn ISSS Walks 6,000 International Students Through the Travel Ban That Expanded Overnightadvisory
- infrastructure failure: 2025-12-14Water-Hammer Blast Inside Vicinity Energy's Grays Ferry Steam Plant Cuts Heat and Hot Water to All Penn Campus Buildingsadvisoryverbatim
2024
- police activity: 2024-09-19Lane Delineators Sound Like Gunshots: How a Speeding Car Triggered a UPennAlert 'SHOTS FIRED' Panic on Walnut Streetemergency notificationverbatim
- civil unrest: 2024-05-106 AM on College Green: Penn's Pre-Dawn Sweep, 33 Arrests, and Interim President Jameson's 'Less Safe' Framingadvisory
By incident type