{"id":84072,"date":"2023-03-06T15:04:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T15:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=84072"},"modified":"2023-06-12T19:47:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T19:47:29","slug":"investigation-into-unsubstantiated-social-media-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/investigation-into-unsubstantiated-social-media-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation into unsubstantiated social media post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 6, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Our º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are aware of an unsubstantiated threat made through a post on the social media platform Yik Yak. The post, which did not specifically mention the University and has since been deleted, was reported to º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Police, which launched an immediate investigation, working closely with the social media company and other law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Police identified and interviewed the individual responsible for the post and have determined there is not a threat to the University community.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the findings of the law enforcement investigation, the University will continue to follow its normal academic and operating schedules.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no greater priority than the safety of our campuses and our community. The University takes any potential threat seriously and encourages all community members to always remain vigilant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a threat were to require action from members of the campus community, or prompt a change in University operations, the University would activate the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Alert system, which would include text message, phone, and email alerts. Please sign up for emergency alerts or verify that your information is current at\u00a0uri.edu\/safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ offers support and counseling services for all students, faculty, and staff. Students may contact the Counseling Center at 401-874-2288. Faculty and staff may contact the Employee Assistance Program at 866-248-4094.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 6, 2023 To Our º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Community, We are aware of an unsubstantiated threat made through a post on the social media platform Yik Yak. The post, which did not specifically mention the University and has since been deleted, was reported to º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Police, which launched an immediate investigation, working closely with […]<\/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":[1866,1],"tags":[1857,1858,1856],"class_list":["post-84072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-message","category-uncategorized","tag-audience-faculty","tag-audience-staff","tag-audience-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84072","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=84072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84111,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84072\/revisions\/84111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}