The University of Delaware's Newark campus and other UD locations in New Castle County will be closed from 5-11 a.m., Friday, March 1, because of the early morning snowfall. Essential personnel should report to work.

Classes scheduled to begin before 11 a.m. will not meet, and campus offices will open at 11 a.m.

UD Facilities staff are clearing campus parking lots and treating sidewalks. Members of the campus community are reminded to use caution when traveling today.

For students enrolled in the University of Delaware Associate in Arts Program (AAP) in Wilmington, campus will also open at 11 a.m. Friday. The AAP on the Dover Delaware Technical Community College campus will open at 10 a.m. AAP students in Georgetown should follow the DTCC schedule on that campus.  

Schedule updates

Information about any schedule changes will be posted on this page. Please check back for updates. To submit information for inclusion in this list, please send email to ocm@udel.edu.

• The three residential dining locations — Caesar Rodney Fresh Food Company, Russell Dining and Pencader Dining — will be open for normal hours of operation Friday, along with Laird and Harrington P.O.D. Markets, Trabant Food Court, the Scrounge and Dunkin’. Other retail dining locations that normally open prior to 11 a.m will open along with the University.

• UD buses will begin running at 10 a.m., March 1.

• Student Health Services will be open on its normal schedule Friday.

• The visit to campus by Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, and U.S. Sen. Chris Coons will be held as scheduled today, including the 11:15 a.m. 'fireside chat' with UD President Dennis Assanis in Mitchell Hall.

• The Carpenter Sports Building is open and will remain open throughout the day, but all programming and classes scheduled before 11 a.m. are canceled on March 1.

• The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press are opening at 11 am., today.

• University Student Centers will be open by 7:30 a.m., today, with limited services. Events scheduled before 11 a.m. will be canceled.

* The Barnes and Noble UD Bookstore and cafe will open at 10 a.m., today.

Personal safety

Safety is UD's highest priority. Faculty, staff and students should not put themselves at risk, and employees who expect difficulty traveling should contact their supervisors.

The University's policy is reprinted below:

Faculty and students are not expected to take unnecessary risks to meet their teaching and learning obligations due to inclement weather. When classes have not been canceled, it is a matter of personal judgment whether traveling to campus is hazardous. Faculty should notify their departmental offices when weather precludes them from meeting their teaching obligations; similarly, students should notify their professors when inclement weather precludes them from class attendance. In such cases, students should be allowed to make up missed class time and, whenever possible, canceled classes should be rescheduled.