Institution
University of Iowa
IowaIAPublic R1Hawk Alert~31,000 students
- Cases
- 19
- Alerts
- 44
- Verbatim
- 95%
- Span
- 2020–2026
Official alert policy
How Iowa says it will alert: when and how Hawk Alert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
19 cases · 42 of 44 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- evacuation: 2026-04-28Evacuation, April 28, 2026emergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2026-04-25Building fire at University Capitol Centre; small fire extinguishedemergency notificationverbatim
- shooting: 2026-04-19Five people shot during a large downtown fight; alert issued within minutesemergency notification5 injuredverbatim
- sexual assault: 2026-04-03Crime alert after a reported sexual assault by an acquaintance in a residence halltimely warningverbatim
- gas leak: 2026-03-30Gas leak, March 30, 2026emergency notificationverbatim
2025
- gas leak: 2025-12-09Gas smell reported near Chemistry Building; area cleared lateremergency notificationverbatim
- shooting: 2025-11-07Off-campus shooting prompts three alerts tracking a fleeing suspect; arrest followedemergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2025-07-15Gas leak near Bowen Science Building; crews on sceneemergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2025-03-07Gas leak at Bowen Science prompts avoid-area alert; building closed for remediationemergency notificationverbatim
- robbery: 2025-01-26Armed robbery report near Market and Dubuque streetsemergency notificationverbatim
- winter storm: 2025-01-15Extreme cold with wind chills near -35 moved most classes onlineemergency notificationverbatim
2024
- infrastructure failure: 2024-12-12Campus Safety non-emergency line down; emergency calls routed to 911emergency notificationverbatim
- suspicious package: 2024-08-30Suspicious package closes Capitol Street Ramp until police clear the areaemergency notificationverbatim
- power outage: 2024-08-25Campus power outage prompts elevator warning and later restoration alertemergency notificationverbatim
- tornado: 2024-06-25Tornado warning prompts a shelter order; no touchdown confirmed on campusemergency notificationverbatim
- tornado: 2024-04-16Tornado warning alert directed campus to shelter as a storm passed directly overheademergency notificationverbatim
- armed person: 2024-04-04Knife threats near a science building prompt alert; suspect later arrestedemergency notificationverbatim
By incident type