{
  "id": "2026-01-25-university-of-pennsylvania-winter-operations-suspension",
  "slug": "university-of-pennsylvania-winter-operations-suspension-2026-01-25",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Pennsylvania",
    "shortName": "Penn",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UPennAlert",
    "enrollment": 28000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-01-25",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Normal operations suspended for Monday winter weather",
    "headlinePublic": "Normal operations suspended for Monday winter weather",
    "summary": "Penn [issued a UPennAlert at 5:00 p.m. January 25 suspending normal operations for Monday, January 26](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/suspension-of-operations-due-to-weather-conditions/) because of inclement weather, with essential staff still required to report.",
    "outcome": "Monday operations suspended. A Tuesday continuation notice exists on a sibling archive page and is not flattened into this file."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-01-25T17:00:00-05:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Normal University operations are suspended for Monday, January 26, 2026, due to inclement weather.\n\nWhen University normal operations are suspended, employees are generally not expected to work unless they are designated essential.\n\nEssential University staff for critical campus operations and life sustaining operations and all Health System physicians and staff are required to report to work at their regularly scheduled start time. Participants in academic clinical programs may also be expected to report, please confirm with your program administrator. Please exercise caution and take your time in traveling to campus. If possible, utilize public transit if available. Please consult with your supervisor should you have any questions.\n\nWith the prior approval of the Executive Vice President and Provost and advance notification to employees, fully online academic programs, executive format programs, and/or programs that operate from a different geographic location may follow different closing decisions. Check with your program administrator should you have any questions. For details, review the policy Suspension of Normal Operations (upenn.edu)\n\nUniversity Resources:\n\n- Public Safety: All Public Safety resources remain available.\n- Penn Transit Services: Please monitor www.upenn.edu/PennTransit as well as the PennTransit Mobile app for service modifications.\n- Penn Parking: Patrons should visit www.upenn.edu/parking for up-to-date information during any weather emergency.\n- Student Health & Counseling: Visit the Wellness website for hours of operation: https://wellness.upenn.edu/student-health-and-counseling\n- Penn Mail: Penn Mail Services will be open. Any changes to operations will be posted at www.upenn.edu/mail.\n- Penn Dining: Visit the Penn Dining website for current information: https://dining.business-services.upenn.edu/\n- Penn Libraries System: Visit the Penn Libraries website for hours and availability: https://www.library.upenn.edu\n- Penn Campus Recreation: Visit the recreation website for facility hours here: https://recreation.upenn.edu/",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/suspension-of-operations-due-to-weather-conditions/",
      "sourceDescription": "UPennAlert archive: winter operations suspension",
      "annotations": [
        "Official UPennAlert archive 2026-09-20. sha256 f68789849ebed51ddf7629fb3759ae83f67987bf42f0d7ca120a4a2d0fdc0e39. Body is the posted alert text below the Date of Alert line. 'This alert is no longer active' chrome was not captured.",
        "Distinct incident from 2021-09-01-university-of-pennsylvania-hurricane-ida-flooding: different date and winter operations suspension vs Ida flooding.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-01-26-university-of-pennsylvania-winter-operations-suspension: Monday January 26 close vs Tuesday January 27 close."
      ],
      "characterCount": 2083
    }
  ],
  "context": "Penn posts UPennAlert products on the [upa-archive](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/suspension-of-operations-due-to-weather-conditions/). Date of Alert on the page: January 25, 2026 5:00 pm. The Daily Pennsylvanian [quoted the caution-in-travel sentence](https://www.thedp.com/article/2026/01/penn-normal-operations-remain-suspended-winter-weather).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "UPennAlert suspended normal operations for Monday, January 26, 2026, and told essential staff to report with caution traveling to campus."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UPennAlert archive: winter operations suspension",
      "url": "https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/suspension-of-operations-due-to-weather-conditions/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-20",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "pennsylvania",
    "penn",
    "upennalert",
    "ivy",
    "winter-storm"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}