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AU Alert experiences malfunction : On Nov. 6, 2025, around noon, Auburn University released a series of AU Alerts which prompted University students, faculty and employees to receive multiple alerts at one time. These alerts were identified as an accident and that there was no true alert on campus.

AU Alert experiences malfunction

By Brychelle Brooks | Editor-in-Chief and Ella Walton | Newsletter Editor

On Nov. 6, 2025, around noon, Auburn University released a series of AU Alerts which prompted University students, faculty and employees to receive multiple alerts at one time. These alerts were identified as an accident and that there was no true alert on campus.

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