Several universities around the country are on alert after receiving multiple bomb threats this Sunday, according to authorities.
Among
the institutes that are being completely or partially evacuated due to the threats
are the University of Miami and Cleveland State University, in Ohio;
Columbia and Cornell Universities in New York and Brown University in Rhode Island.
Yale University in Connecticut received a threat on Friday, which was later declared unfounded.
The Ohio University Police Department determined this Sunday afternoon that
a bomb threat on the institute's main campus was not credible
after conducting a comprehensive review of the facilities.
In Ithaca, New York, authorities evacuated several buildings from Cornell University's central campus after receiving a credible bomb threat.
The Law School and the Goldwin Smith and Kennedy classrooms were evacuated.
Students and the general public were asked to avoid the area while the police searched these places.
SWAT units of the police special tactics teams arrived at the scene.
Police officers gather on the campus of Columbia University in New York City following a bomb threat on November 7, 2021. Reuters
Columbia University reported that the New York Police are already investigating the bomb reports within their main campus in Manhattan and asked the community to avoid the area while the threat is investigated.
At around 5:00 PM ET, Columbia University authorities reported that the threat had been determined as non-credible, thus determining that it was safe to reopen the facility.
Officials from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, sent a text alert to students stating that police were searching "various buildings on campus that involve a bomb threat."
Last Friday in New Haven, police cordoned off several downtown blocks and
brought bomb-sniffing dogs to the area where several Yale University campuses are located
.
Authorities received the bomb alert through a phone call to the New Haven Police Department main line.
New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker emphasized that the call had not been made through the 911 emergency number, which can only be made from inside the city.