{"id":105604,"date":"2025-12-01T20:03:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=105604"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:49:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:49:46","slug":"upgrading-uris-emergency-notification-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/upgrading-uris-emergency-notification-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½\u2019s emergency notification system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Dec. 1, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ faculty, staff, and students,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ is upgrading the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Alert emergency notification system to include computer alerts that will be displayed on University-issued computers during campus emergencies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of this upgrade, software will automatically be installed on University-issued laptop and desktop computers running Windows and Mac operating systems. These installations will be rolled out by Information Technology Services over the next several weeks. No action is required on your part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Alert is activated for a campus emergency, computers running º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Alert software will display an emergency message on their screens with the same content sent to the community via text, phone, and email. This will include individual computers as well as kiosk computers in classrooms and lecture halls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you have questions about the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Alert system, please contact the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Office of Emergency Management at <a href=\"mailto:emergency@etal.uri.edu\">emergency@etal.uri.edu<\/a>. If you have technical questions about the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Alert software being installed on university-issued computers, please submit a help desk ticket via email at <a href=\"mailto:helpdesk@uri.edu\">helpdesk@uri.edu<\/a> or via the <a href=\"https:\/\/rhody.service-now.com\/sp\">Help Desk service portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec. 1, 2025 Dear º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ faculty, staff, and students, The º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ is upgrading the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Alert emergency notification system to include computer alerts that will be displayed on University-issued computers during campus emergencies.&nbsp; As part of this upgrade, software will automatically be installed on University-issued laptop and desktop computers running Windows and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[1857,1858,1856],"class_list":["post-105604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-message","tag-audience-faculty","tag-audience-staff","tag-audience-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105631,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105604\/revisions\/105631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}