Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MITMAPrivate R1MIT Alert~12,000 students
- Cases
- 104
- Alerts
- 111
- Verbatim
- 97%
- Span
- 2013–2026
Official alert policy
How MIT says it will alert: when and how MIT Alert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
104 cases · 108 of 111 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- power outage: 2026-09-18Northwest-campus power outage at listed buildings; later restoredemergency notificationverbatim
- theft: 2026-07-23Motor vehicle theft timely warning for communitytimely warningverbatim
- utility outage: 2026-06-30Audrey Street closed between Memorial Drive and Vassar for water main breakemergency notificationverbatim
- utility outage: 2026-06-22Power outage affecting most of campus; later restoredemergency notificationverbatim
- utility outage: 2026-06-20Water main break at Main and Vassar; roads later reopenedemergency notificationverbatim
- burglary: 2026-06-20Timely warning for burglaries at Sidney-Pacific residence halltimely warningverbatim
- utility outage: 2026-06-10Albany Street closed for vehicle accident and water main break; later reopenedemergency notificationverbatim
- burglary: 2026-05-19Timely warning for unknown person following resident into Sidney-Pacifictimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2026-03-30Timely warning for burglary and confrontation in Building E52timely warningverbatim
2025
- aggravated assault: 2025-07-20Timely warning for aggravated assault near Albany Street bus stoptimely warningverbatim
- sexual offense: 2025-07-18Timely warning for indecent assault on bike path near Sailing Paviliontimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2025-04-02Timely warning for package burglary at Pi Lambda Phi housetimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2025-03-20Timely warning for burglary at Pacific Street Cafe in Sidney-Pacifictimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2025-02-11Timely warning for forced-entry burglary at Alpha Chi Omegatimely warningverbatim
2024
- burglary: 2024-10-27Timely warning for burglary at Alpha Delta Phi fraternitytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2024-09-19Timely warning for burglary at Beta Theta Pi fraternitytimely warningverbatim
- sexual offense: 2024-07-24Timely warning after five children reported indecent assaults at a campus pooltimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2024-05-15Burglary - alpha delta phi burglarytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2024-05-15Overnight break-in at a fraternity house, the second burglary there in six monthstimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2024-02-02Burglary - phi sigma kappa burglary 3timely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2024-01-26Burglary - phi sigma kappa burglary 2timely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2024-01-15Burglary - phi sigma kappa burglarytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2024-01-03Burglary at 416 Beacon Street —timely warningverbatim
2023
- burglary: 2023-12-29Burglary at Alpha Delta Phi —timely warningverbatim
- aggravated assault: 2023-10-06Domestic violence and aggravated assaulttimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2023-08-22Burglary at Student Housetimely warningverbatim
- sexual assault: 2023-04-23Timely warning for a reported sexual assault on campus — VPRadvocatetimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2023-03-01Burglary at the New Vassar Residence Hall located at 189timely warningverbatim
- sexual assault: 2023-02-26Timely warning for a reported sexual assault on campustimely warningverbatim
2022
2021
- burglary: 2021-11-23Burglary at Phi Delta Theta — Mondaytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2021-09-23Burglary at Phi Delta Thetatimely warningverbatim
- motor vehicle theft: 2021-09-13Motor vehicle theft at East Campustimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2021-08-28Burglary at Sigma Alpha Epsilontimely warningverbatim
2020
- arson: 2020-10-28Arson reported with campus community notice timely warning arsontimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2020-10-25Burglary reported with campus community notice timely warning burglariestimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2020-10-14Burglary reported with campus community notice timely warning burglary — Tuesdaytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2020-10-08Burglary reported with campus community notice timely warning burglary — Sundaytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2020-07-20Burglary reported with campus community notice timely warning burglarytimely warningverbatim
- assault: 2020-07-16Assault prompts campus safety notice aggravated assaulttimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2020-04-20Burglary prompts campus safety notice warning burglary — Saturdaytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2020-03-12Burglary prompts campus safety notice warning burglary — Tuesdaytimely warningverbatim
- covid 19: 2020-03-10Undergraduates given a week to vacate while hourly campus workers keep their payadvisoryverbatim
- burglary: 2020-03-09Burglary prompts campus safety notice warning burglary — 301 Vassar Sttimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2020-03-02Burglary prompts campus safety notice warning burglary — Mondaytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2020-02-24Burglary prompts campus safety notice warning burglary — Fridaytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2020-02-02Burglary prompts campus safety notice warning burglary — Sundaytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2020-01-13Burglary prompts campus safety notice warning burglary — Paul Streettimely warningverbatim
2019
- burglary: 2019-12-02Burglary prompts campus safety notice warning burglary — Thursdaytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2019-11-24Burglary prompts campus safety notice warning burglarytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2019-10-27Burglary prompts campus community safety notice warning burglary — timelytimely warningverbatim
- sexual assault: 2019-10-16Sexual assault near detailed information below per with protective guidance sexual assaulttimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2019-09-18Burglary prompts campus community safety notice warning burglary — Vassar Streettimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2019-09-03Burglary prompts campus community safety notice warning burglarytimely warningverbatim
- theft: 2019-08-29Theft prompts campus community safety notice vehicle thefttimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2019-06-18Burglary at 97 Bay State Roadtimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2019-04-18Burglary reported to campus community burglary e2timely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2019-03-25Burglary at Building 31timely warningverbatim
- suspicious activity: 2019-03-20Burglary at Beta Theta Pitimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2019-02-23Burglary at Alpha Delta Phitimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2019-02-08Burglary at Fenway Housetimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2019-01-22Burglary prompts campus community safety notice burglarytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2019-01-08Burglary at 416 Beacon Streettimely warningverbatim
2018
- burglary: 2018-11-24Burglary near the 3rd floor of N52, located at 26 reported to campus community burglary n5timely warningverbatim
- theft: 2018-11-21Theft near 530 Beacon Street, Boston sometime reported to campus community vehicle thefttimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-11-11Burglary near the first floor of E2, located at 7 reported to campus community burglary e2timely warningverbatim
- theft: 2018-10-11Theft reported with community awareness guidance; near Wednesday, 10, .;timely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-10-02Burglary at New House —timely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-09-27Burglary at Beta Theta Pi/119 Bay State Roadtimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-09-05Burglary at New Housetimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-08-30Burglary reported in a campus crime or safety notice; near 30, at around 6timely warningverbatim
- other: 2018-08-28Other; an investigation into gunshots fired in ; shelter guidancetimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-08-25Burglary at Burton Connertimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-08-19Burglary at Sigma Chi/532 Beacon Streettimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-08-08Two Burglaries at Building 4timely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-08-01Burglary reported in a campus crime or safety notice; near the third floor in Buildingtimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-07-10Two Incidents: Burglary (Phi Sigma Kappa and Delta Tau Delta)timely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-07-10Two Incidents: Burglary (Phi Sigma Kappa and Sigma Chi)timely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-07-08Two Incidents: Burglary (Nu Delta and Phi Kappa Theta)timely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-07-03Burglary at Pi Lambda Phitimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-06-29Burglary at Kappa Sigmatimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-06-17Burglary at MacGregor Housetimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-06-09Burglary at 229 Commonwealth Avenuetimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-05-29Burglary at Burton Connortimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-05-27Burglary and Assault & Batterytimely warningverbatim
- suspicious activity: 2018-05-22Suspicious Person and Burglarytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-05-17Burglary reported in a campus crime or safety notice; near an upper floor in Buildingtimely warningverbatim
- theft: 2018-05-15Theft reported with community awareness guidance; near Baker House, located at 362 Memoriatimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-05-08Burglary at Green Halltimely warningverbatim
- sexual assault: 2018-05-07Sexual assault reported in a campus timely warning noticetimely warningverbatim
- fraud: 2018-05-03IRS Phone Scam and Apartment Rental Scamtimely warningverbatim
- robbery: 2018-04-18Robbery at Landsdowne Street & Green Streettimely warningverbatim
- sexual assault: 2018-04-09Sexual assault reported in a campus crime alert; near detailed information below pertainstimely warningverbatim
- robbery: 2018-04-09Robbery reported with community safety guidance issued; near by the Cambridge Policetimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-02-15Burglary at Maseeh Halltimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2018-01-10Burglary at 33 Massachusetts Avenuetimely warningverbatim
2017
- suspicious activity: 2017-11-15Breaking and Entering on East Campustimely warningverbatim
- sexual assault: 2017-10-20Sexual Assault at the Sigma Chi fraternitytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2017-08-28Burglary at Nu Delta Fraternitytimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2017-08-28Burglary at Sigma Chi Fraternitytimely warningverbatim
- suspicious activity: 2017-08-28Suspicious Person and Breaking & Entering in East Campus Building 64timely warningverbatim
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