{"id":252534,"date":"2026-09-04T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=252534"},"modified":"2026-09-04T07:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:59:48","slug":"uconn-to-test-campus-emergency-systems-on-tuesday-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/09\/uconn-to-test-campus-emergency-systems-on-tuesday-12\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn to Test Campus Emergency Systems on Sept. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Connecticut will test its emergency notification and alerting system, UConnALERT, on <strong>Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 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=05%7C02%7Cmike.enright%40uconn.edu%7C40baa2ed2f744852b2e208ddea50bdde%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638924354701085382%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vxUvqOArYAvlWNwQV7KSjyNpOB8fcgyI6sFIYI%2FDJrU%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=05%7C02%7Cmike.enright%40uconn.edu%7C40baa2ed2f744852b2e208ddea50bdde%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638924354701107724%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wxUFCFg708Gf08hyJmiGvllizOIrsk09LX7h5O1xo8U%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=05%7C02%7Cmike.enright%40uconn.edu%7C40baa2ed2f744852b2e208ddea50bdde%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638924354701122523%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=DVM54hgV%2BGxHV2H1%2FKCwIFEMmU2fvFdTPd6jEzbAvM8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">X (formerly known as Twitter)<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, cell phone numbers registered with the UConnALERT system will receive text messages. At UConn Storrs only, outdoor sirens will be tested with an audible tone.<\/p>\n<p>This test includes emergency notifications at UConn Health in addition to UConn Storrs and the 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=05%7C02%7Cmike.enright%40uconn.edu%7C40baa2ed2f744852b2e208ddea50bdde%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638924354701136363%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9rAGStusURi829%2BDxJ8Ev2HiJzNMOsekT0P%2FNISXpEE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">alert.uconn.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty, and staff should visit this site to register for cell phone 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 2026 emergency alert system test on September 8 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":113685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2235,2234,2233],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2113],"class_list":["post-252534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-today-homepage","category-university-life","category-university-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-11 12:15:20","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\/252534","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=252534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252587,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252534\/revisions\/252587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/113685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252534"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=252534"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=252534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}