Institution
University of Colorado Boulder
CU BoulderCOPublic R1CU Alert~36,000 students
- Cases
- 15
- Alerts
- 33
- Verbatim
- 100%
- 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
15 cases · 33 of 33 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
2025
- severe weather: 2025-12-18Administrative closure Dec 19 high winds and fire dangeremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-12-172-hour delayed start Dec 18 weatheremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-12-16Administrative closure Dec 17 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