Institution
University of Colorado Boulder
CU BoulderCOPublic R1CU Alert~36,000 students
- Cases
- 20
- Alerts
- 51
- Verbatim
- 98%
- Span
- 2019–2026
Official alert policy
How CU Boulder says it will alert: when and how CU Boulder Alerts activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
20 cases · 50 of 51 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- hazmat: 2026-09-02Rec Center refrigerant leak evacuation and road closuresemergency notificationverbatim
- power outage: 2026-08-21Southwest Boulder outage takes Williams Village offline twiceemergency notificationverbatim
- power outage: 2026-08-20Northwest-campus power and traffic-light outage restoredemergency notificationverbatim
- stabbing: 2026-07-02Stabbing at Scott Carpenter Park; suspect fledtimely warning1 injuredverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-05-05Winter storm closes campus then normal summer hours resumeemergency notificationverbatim
- utility disruption: 2026-03-14Strong winds with PSPS risk and avoid-campus-if-possible guidanceemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2026-02-02SEEL building fire evacuation contained building closed for dayemergency notificationverbatim
2025
- severe weather: 2025-12-18Administrative closure high winds and fire dangeremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-12-172-hour delayed start weatheremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-12-16Administrative closure high winds and power outagesemergency notificationverbatim
- sexual offense: 2025-08-29Reported unlawful sexual contact near the creek path prompts a safety alerttimely warningverbatim
- swatting: 2025-08-25False shots-fired reports prompted a shelter-in-place lasting more than three hoursemergency notificationverbatim
- armed person: 2025-02-24Armed man near a parking garage prompts shelter-in-place; he later died by suicideemergency notificationverbatim
2024
2022
By incident type