Campus emergency systems aided evacuations Monday night
Many UC Berkeley students, professors and staff received a series of text message and email alerts Monday night, alerting them to the ongoing emergency situation on campus Read More…
The Arts in Moments of Crisis: Tools of Inspiration and Support
Yesterday, for me, was a day of self-reflection. After getting the WarnMe alert from the chancellor about a threat on campus, I found myself — like many others I presume — in a state of quick panic as I fought the urge to bolt out the door in the middle of my Read More…
WarnMe emergency alerts will become opt-out
A UC Berkeley notification service created four years ago that electronically alerts the campus community to emergencies will automatically link to CalMail beginning Friday. The WarnMe emergency alert service was an opt-in system when it was introduced in 2008, but now everyone with access to CalMail will be enrolled unless Read More…
Alerts were not received by some after shooting
At 2:55 p.m. Tuesday, the UC Berkeley WarnMe emergency alert service was put into action for the first time this year to inform community members — some as far away as New York — of a shooting at the campus Haas School of Business. The Office of Public Affairs sent Read More…