{
  "id": "2026-01-26-university-of-pennsylvania-winter-operations-suspension",
  "slug": "university-of-pennsylvania-winter-operations-suspension-2026-01-26",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Pennsylvania",
    "shortName": "Penn",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UPennAlert",
    "enrollment": 28000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-01-26",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Normal operations suspended for Tuesday winter weather",
    "headlinePublic": "Normal operations suspended for Tuesday winter weather",
    "summary": "Penn [issued a UPennAlert at 8:00 p.m. January 26 suspending normal operations for Tuesday, January 27](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/suspension-of-operations-due-to-weather-conditions-2/) because of inclement weather, with essential staff still required to report.",
    "outcome": "Tuesday operations suspended. Distinct from the Monday January 26 suspension filed as 2026-01-25-university-of-pennsylvania-winter-operations-suspension."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Normal University operations are suspended for Tuesday, January 27, 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-2/",
      "sourceDescription": "UPennAlert archive: Tuesday winter operations suspension",
      "annotations": [
        "Official UPennAlert archive 2026-09-20. Dual-fetch EQUAL. sha256 541fb9b51c1abf413b0b67a2dd2355893e3b2c51dfa75ffce18195e1abebc2f9. Email body below the Date of Alert line. This alert is no longer active chrome was not captured.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-01-25-university-of-pennsylvania-winter-operations-suspension: different operational day (Tuesday January 27 close vs Monday January 26)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 2084,
      "timestamp": "2026-01-26T20:00:00-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Penn posts UPennAlert products on the [upa-archive](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/suspension-of-operations-due-to-weather-conditions-2/). Date of Alert on the page: January 26, 2026 8:00 pm. Distinct incident from [2026-01-25-university-of-pennsylvania-winter-operations-suspension](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/suspension-of-operations-due-to-weather-conditions/): Tuesday January 27 close vs Monday January 26.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "UPennAlert suspended normal operations for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, after the Monday suspension the day before."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UPennAlert archive: Tuesday winter operations suspension",
      "url": "https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/suspension-of-operations-due-to-weather-conditions-2/",
      "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": "2026-09-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}