UPennAlert Emergency Notification System Updates

The UPennAlert Emergency Notification System enables the University to quickly notify the Penn and surrounding Philadelphia community of critical information during significant emergencies or dangerous situations involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees occurring on campus.

The federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, as amended, requires colleges and universities to The Clery Act requires institutions of higher education to maintain an alerting system for emergency notifications.

You will continue to receive the UPennAlert through your registered cellphone and your Penn-affiliated email address. Also, any additional devices you may have registered in the system.

All Penn students, staff, and faculty will continue to receive UPennAlert under the new system. To ensure you continue to receive your alerts as expected, please take a moment to check and/or update your registered contact information.

The changeover will take place on August 5, 2025. You will receive a test from the new platform via email and text message on August 6.

• After August 5th, text messages received on your phone from the UPennAlert system will be sent from a different shortcode.
• The look of the UPennAlert posting on the website will change. The text message will link you directly to the full alert content, as always.