Department of Safety & Security

Sandy: When we need the University, we only have each other

April 14, 2023

Content warning: This article contains mentions of gun violence and death. “Time is of the essence” is a familiar phrase. But, on Wednesday night, those words seemed downright foreign to Northwestern...

NU to upgrade emergency evacuation plan, establish committee to address campus safety

May 13, 2018

Northwestern will form a campus-wide evacuation committee in an effort to standardize its emergency evacuation plan, said Gwen Butler, environmental health and safety director in the Office of Risk Management. While...

Northwestern to offer new training aimed at bolstering emergency preparedness

March 15, 2018

Following in a hoax call from a man claiming to have shot his girlfriend in a University residential building that resulted in an Evanston campus lockdown Wednesday afternoon, Northwestern will hold new...

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