{"id":234742,"date":"2025-09-04T06:59:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=234742"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:04:29","slug":"uconn-to-test-campus-emergency-systems-on-tuesday-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/09\/uconn-to-test-campus-emergency-systems-on-tuesday-10\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn to Test Campus Emergency Systems on Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Connecticut will test its emergency notification and alerting system, UConnALERT, on <strong>Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 12:25 p.m<\/strong>., on all campuses.<\/p>\n<p>The test involves multiple messaging platforms. A notice will be posted on the UConn Alert website (<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Falert.uconn.edu%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cc5db3f81a4fb4187787108d972c8f237%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637667029650228785%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=fJFn6TPWJ3v5u6jnqn%2FjHvK%2FvIBsBkEX1MevBdbfzck%3D&amp;reserved=0\">alert.uconn.edu<\/a>); an email will be sent to all students, faculty, and staff; and posts will appear on the University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUConn%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cc5db3f81a4fb4187787108d972c8f237%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637667029650238759%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=cfpGr7EGfi9JrOCs5yuRgYBrEQGLps9SRbd%2B8SH8p7k%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fuconn&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cc5db3f81a4fb4187787108d972c8f237%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637667029650248706%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=4MyMCSiZyoU1VnD5WQJYsBRbize3YDmXzYjpWPN7iyE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">X (formerly known as Twitter)<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, cellphone numbers registered with the UConnALERT system will receive text messages. On the Storrs campus only, outdoor sirens will be tested with an audible tone.<\/p>\n<p>This test includes emergency notifications at UConn Health in addition to the Storrs and regional campuses.<\/p>\n<p>In an actual emergency, information will be updated regularly through the UConn Alert website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Falert.uconn.edu%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cc5db3f81a4fb4187787108d972c8f237%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637667029650248706%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=LspAWm4FFjdTEHqjJFgarwQZ%2FRzibpNlobs0dM8c8HY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">alert.uconn.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty, and staff should visit this site to register for cellphone text alerts, update their contact information, and obtain information related to emergency procedures and campus safety.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your cooperation during the exercise and your support of public safety initiatives at UConn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UConn will conduct its Fall 2025 emergency alert system test on Tuesday, September 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":234759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2235,2233],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2113],"class_list":["post-234742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-today-homepage","category-university-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 07:24:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234742"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234811,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234742\/revisions\/234811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/234759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234742"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=234742"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=234742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}