Department of Public Safety

BrownAlert System

Brown University has an emergency alert system that can help notify students, faculty, and staff if there is an urgent situation or crisis.

Brown University has implemented an emergency campus alert system that can contact thousands of individuals within minutes if there is an urgent situation or crisis. 

During critical events, Brown University will use the BrownAlert System to deliver advisories and instructions to students, faculty, staff and others via cell phones, land lines, email and other communication devices.

All student, faculty and staff Brown email addresses have been loaded on the system, as have phone numbers for all Brown-owned phones.

Brown students, faculty and staff can use their personal cell phone number to enable Brown to reach them in the event of an emergency.  Personal cell phone numbers will only be used by authorized personnel for emergencies or official business.

Students: enter your cell phone number in Banner at the following URL:

Self-Service Banner 

Faculty and staff enter your cell phone number in Workday at the following URL:

Workday

For more information on how to update your personal information in Workday please visit the HR website "how to" video at the following URL:

Workday How To Video