Campus Safety and Emergency Alerts

The University has two safety awareness and alert systems in place.

The Safety Awareness Alert system is an e-mail communication system that provides factual information about certain crimes and crime patterns to help the community make prudent safety decisions. To receive alerts and tips automatically by e-mail, follow this link, https://listhost.uchicago.edu/mailman/listinfo/safety-awareness, to subscribe.

The Emergency Notification System, called cAlert, enables authorized University officials to reach members of the University community through mechanisms other than regular University e-mail and telephones. The new system can transmit short notifications by e-mail to any outside e-mail address, by text message to a cell phone, or by voice message to an off-campus telephone. This system allows the University to contact individuals in case of emergency, a University closing, or some other event that requires rapid, wide-scale notification of the community. The cAlert Emergency Notification System can send safety messages to an individual e-mail address, cell phone or other device. Visit http://calert.uchicago.edu to register for this service.

Below is a list of Web sites that provide a variety of information about safety:

• Details on late-night transportation services on campus: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/07/071120.transportation.shtml
• Details on the University’s SafeRide program: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/07/071121.saferide.shtml
• Common Sense, the University’s guide to safe urban living: http://commonsense.uchicago.edu
• Additional tips and crime statistics: http://www.uchicago.edu/uchi/resources/citysafety.html
• General safety information from the Office of Community Affairs: http://oca.uchicago.edu/safety/
• Safety and emergency resources from the Dean of Students Office: http://help.uchicago.edu/safety/