CU Advisory Updates
CU Advisory
CUPD has closed the area north of the UMC near the Chemistry building. Please avoid the area.
How to Receive Alerts
Anyone with an @colorado.edu email address is automatically registered to receive emergency and safety alert emails. To improve your situational awareness, it is also recommended to opt in with a mobile number during class registration or onboarding as a new employee.
If you're in Boulder regularly, sign up for city of Boulder alerts to ensure you’re receiving the latest emergency updates as they happen.
The Boulder Office of Disaster Management distributes emergency alerts for significant incidents, including natural disasters, via a system called Everbridge. Community members with Boulder addresses are automatically opted-into the Everbridge system. Those who live outside of Boulder but want to be aware of emergency notifications in the area must sign up for BoCo Alerts.
How to Find Information in an Emergency
In addition to receiving alerts directly to your cellular phone or email, a number of resources are available to keep you informed.
Alert Levels
CU Emergency Alert
What it is:
Emergency notification to the campus when there is a confirmed immediate threat to the safety of those on campus, or near campus in areas of high student populations, or if there is a change to the university’s operating status due to weather, etc.
When we do it:
Emergency threats include natural disasters, active harmers, severe weather, time-sensitive life safety concerns, campus closures, delayed starts and other on-campus emergencies.
CU Safety Alert
What it is:
Email notification to the community of a crime committed on or near campus (per Clery Act guidelines) that provides increased community awareness of ongoing or dangerous situations.
When we do it:
CU Safety Alerts include criminal homicide, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, hate crimes, domestic violence, arrests and referrals for drug, alcohol or weapons violations.
CU Advisory
What it is:
Notification to the campus that does not rise to the level of an emergency notification or safety alert but is high-profile enough that our campus community benefits from awareness.
When we do it:
CU advisories are for non-emergency events/incidents on campus or both emergency and non-emergency events off campus that could potentially impact campus, such as extended power failures, building evacuations, sudden road closures or other traffic/construction impacts on or near campus, as well as police activity near campus.
Follow @CUBoulderAlerts and @CUBoulderPolice on Twitter and enable push notifications for the latest alerts, warnings and advisory information for CU Boulder.