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Where can I find information about snow or other weather-related emergencies?

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In the event of a weather emergency, community members should contact the University Weather and Special Conditions line at 617-496-NEWS (6397) for information, or visit the Harvard homepage at www.harvard.edu.

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Emergency Communication

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While it is impossible to predict every significant emergency or dangerous situation that may occur on campus, the following identified situations are examples which may warrant an emergency notification after confirmation: armed/hostile intruder; bomb...

Dashboard

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HUPD released the latest update to the Department's Dashboard. To review, please visit the Dashboard webpage.

Campus Advisory - Reports of Shots Fired on Memorial Drive near River Street

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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...

Campus Advisory - Missing Person - Update

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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...

2019 Annual Security Report Available

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The University is required by federal law (The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, 20 U.S.C. 1092(f), known as the “Clery Act”) to publish an Annual Security Report and an Annual Fire Safety Report. The...

Timely Warning - Shooting on Sherman St Near Radcliffe Quad, Cambridge

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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...

Timely Warning - Explosion in the Goldenson Building, Boston

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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 - Adams House Burglary

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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...

Timely Warning - Assault and Battery at Lowell House - Update

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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...

Celebrating sustainability champions

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From updating the Harvard University police fleet with new hybrid police cars that increased fuel efficiency across the department to an overhaul of building-controls systems in four buildings at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) that led to more...