# Archived Timely Warnings & Campus Advisories ## expand\_more 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 ## 2026 [### Campus Advisory - Missing Person - Update ](/news/2026/06/campus-advisory-missing-person-update) June 04, 2026 The missing person has been located and is safe. The search has concluded. Disseminated at 5:28 PM on Thursday, 6/4/26. At approximately 11:57 AM hours, the Harvard University Police Department received a report of a missing person. This individual, Sung... [### Timely Warning - Assault and Battery at Lowell House - Update ](/news/2026/05/timely-warning-assault-and-battery-lowell-house-update) May 27, 2026 UPDATE The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) has positively identified the suspect in the incident that occurred at approximately 5:30 PM, Tuesday, May 19, in Lowell House. Earlier this afternoon, the suspect was arrested by a local law... [### Campus Advisory - Reports of Shots Fired on Memorial Drive near River Street ](/news/2026/05/campus-advisory-reports-shots-fired-memorial-drive-near-river-street) May 11, 2026 At approximately 1:36PM the Harvard University Police Department received information from the Cambridge Police Department that a person armed with a gun fired shots in the area of Memorial Drive and River Street, possibly injuring two victims. The... ## 2025 [### Timely Warning - Explosion in the Goldenson Building, Boston ](/news/2025/11/timely-warning-explosion-goldenson-building-boston) November 01, 2025 CLOSE OUT Arrest made. Earlier this morning, acting on a tip received by law enforcement, investigators positively identified and arrested two suspects. The arrests were made by a multi-jurisdictional team that included the Harvard University Police... [### Timely Warning - Shooting on Sherman St Near Radcliffe Quad, Cambridge ](/news/2025/10/timely-warning-shooting-sherman-st-near-radcliffe-quad-cambridge) October 24, 2025 At approximately 11:05 AM this morning, the Harvard University Police Department received a report from the Cambridge Police Department of a shooting on Sherman Street, near the Radcliffe Quad. HUPD officers were immediately dispatched to the area to... ## 2024 [### Campus Advisory - Scam Targeting Harvard University Affiliates ](/news/2024/12/campus-advisory-scam-targeting-harvard-university-affiliates) December 07, 2024 The Harvard University Police Department wishes to inform our community of an ongoing scam targeting Harvard University affiliates. The scam appears to originate from a Harvard email address and offers recipients free musical instruments, in exchange for... [### Timely Warning - Adams House Burglary ](/news/2024/10/timely-warning-adams-house-burglary) October 26, 2024 Last evening (10/26/24) at approximately 11:58 PM, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to a report of a burglary at Adams House, Randolph. In this incident residents reported that an unknown individual accessed their room through an... ## 2023 [### Campus Advisory - Email Scam ](/news/campus-advisory-email-scam) September 05, 2023 The Harvard University Police Department wishes to inform our community of an ongoing scam targeting Harvard University affiliates. The scam appears to originate from a Harvard email address and offers recipients free musical instruments, in exchange for... [### Timely Warning - Burglary at Matthews Hall ](/news/timely-warning-burglary-matthews-hall) July 25, 2023 This morning (7/24/23) at approximately 7:20 AM, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to a report of a burglary at Matthews Hall. In this incident , residents reported that an unknown individual accessed their room through a window... [### Timely Warning - Aggravated Assault and Battery at Harvard Business School ](/news/timely-warning-aggravated-assault-and-battery-hbs) May 22, 2023 At approximately 6:00 AM on Monday, May 22, 2023, Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officers responded to a report of an aggravated assault. Upon officers’ arrival, a victim reported that while walking on Gordon Road, towards Shad Hall, they... ## 2022 [### Timely Warning - Burglaries in River Dorms ](/news/timely-warning-burglaries-river-dorms) November 01, 2022 On Saturday, October 29, 2022, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to four (4) reports of unlawful entries into undergraduate residences; two (2) at Quincy House, one (1) at 20 DeWolfe St, and one (1) at Adams House. In all four... [### Community Advisory - Burglaries in Yard Dorms - UPDATE ](/news/community-advisory-burglaries-yard-dorms-0) July 27, 2022 On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, HUPD detectives sought criminal complaints at Cambridge District Court for the unlawful entry into Wigglesworth Hall on July 11 th. The Court granted complaints against the offender for Breaking and Entering in the Nighttime and... [### Community Advisory - Burglaries in Yard Dorms - Update ](/news/community-advisory-burglaries-yard-dorms-update) March 03, 2022 This morning, at approximately 1:00 AM, an HUPD officer on a directed patrol in response to a series of recent burglaries in Harvard Yard, observed an unidentified male behaving in a suspicious manner around several undergraduate residences. The officer... [### Community Advisory - Burglaries in Yard Dorms ](/news/community-advisory-burglaries-yard-dorms) February 25, 2022 Over the last week, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to two (2) reports of unlawful entries occurring in Mower Hall and Wigglesworth Hall. In both instances, occupants reported that while they were sleeping, someone climbed... [### Community Advisory - Drink Spiking in the Cambridge and Boston Areas ](/news/community-advisory-drink-spiking-cambridge-and-boston-areas) February 17, 2022 The Harvard University Police Department has received information from the Boston and Cambridge Police Departments that they have seen an increase in reports of spiked beverages at bars in their cities. Drink spiking is when an offender adds a scentless... ## 2021 [### Community Advisory - Assault and Batteries Harvard Square area, Cambridge ](/news/assault-and-batteries-harvard-square-area-cambridge) August 30, 2021 Beginning Tuesday evening (8/24/21), four assault and batteries were committed against male victims in the area of Harvard Square. Three of the victims were graduate students and the fourth victim was unaffiliated with the University. In each of the... ## 2020 [### Community Advisory - Burglaries -Yard Dorms and River Houses ](/news/community-advisory-burglaries-yard-dorms-and-river-houses) February 03, 2020 Over last weekend, 2/1/20 and 2/2/20, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to six (6) reports of thefts occurring in River Houses and Yard dorms. In three (3) of the incidents, doors were either left unsecured or a key was left in the...