{
  "id": "2025-01-10-duke-university-friday-evening-severe-weather-policy",
  "slug": "duke-university-friday-evening-severe-weather-policy-2025-01-10",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Duke University",
    "shortName": "Duke",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "DukeALERT",
    "enrollment": 17000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-01-10",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Snow and freezing rain policy from Friday evening",
    "headlinePublic": "Snow and freezing rain policy from Friday evening",
    "summary": "A [DukeALERT](https://web.archive.org/web/20250110072436id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/) activated the severe weather policy from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Saturday for possible snow, sleet, and freezing rain. In-person classes after 6 p.m. Friday were canceled.",
    "outcome": "Non-essential employees were to be allowed to leave by noon Friday and work remotely. Essential staff were to remain. Fuqua Executive MBA weekend classes stayed on the schedule."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "On the emergency.duke.edu homepage saved at 2:24 a.m. EST on Friday, January 10, 2025. The message sets the policy from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Saturday. It carries no send clock. The save time is not the send time.",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Due to the possibility of snow, sleet and freezing rain, Duke University and Duke University Health System will activate the severe weather and emergency conditions policy from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Saturday.\n\nManagers are encouraged to be flexible and allow team members to work remotely on Friday. Employees who are not in “essential service” roles should be allowed to leave campus by noon Friday and complete their work remotely, where possible. Employees in “essential service” roles should report to or remain at work.\n\nFaculty have the flexibility on Friday to continue on-site classes or move to online delivery, as appropriate. If moving to online delivery, instructors should let their students know as soon as possible. In-person classes after 6 p.m. Friday are canceled. Weekend classes for Fuqua’s Executive MBA program will be held as scheduled.\n\nCertain Duke Health clinics may delay opening or close, based on local conditions. For details about the status of clinics, visit the Duke Health website.\n\nCrews will be on-site Friday night and Saturday morning to address any potential problem areas. Individuals coming to campus should allow for extra time for travel and use extreme caution when traveling to and around campus in case there are icy spots.\n\nOn Friday afternoon, all medical center permit holders will be able to access PG2 through the weekend to allow crews to treat and clear parking lots. The top level of all parking garages on campus will be closed beginning Friday at 5 p.m. as a safety precaution.\n\nBus routes will depend on weather conditions. Every effort will be made to continue the C-1 bus route, and Duke Vans will plan to operate until midnight, weather permitting.\n\nDuke community members are encouraged to stay informed by checking the DukeALERT website, as well as the Campus Service Updates web page for additional updates on parking lots, busing routes, dining facilities, and stores.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250110072436id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/",
      "sourceDescription": "DukeALERT Friday evening severe weather policy",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent reads agreed on 2026-10-04. sha256 fe333d8829f8342ff7bbefe091cbe6a33a2ca36625b21deb394c23bff5f14c0b.",
        "Friday in this message is January 10, 2025, the Friday already underway when the page was saved at 2:24 a.m. EST. Distinct from 2025-01-21-duke-university-icy-conditions-severe-weather-policy, which is the later ice event."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1934
    }
  ],
  "context": "The policy message was on the [emergency.duke.edu homepage](https://web.archive.org/web/20250110072436id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Possible snow, sleet, and freezing rain put the severe weather policy in effect from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Saturday. In-person classes after 6 p.m. Friday were canceled."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "DukeALERT Friday evening severe weather policy",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250110072436id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250110072436id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/",
      "archiveNotes": "Existing Wayback capture. No new SPN save."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "north-carolina",
    "duke",
    "winter-storm"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}