Editor’s note: The Herald has contacted Facilities Management and Housing & Residence Life for information about the steam leak following the email, but has only received a response from HRL as of Wednesday morning. HRL said it had no further information available. 

Editor’s note: The original version of this story stated the email was sent “Thursday afternoon.” The email was sent on the afternoon of Tuesday, Dec. 3. The Herald regrets this error.

All campus building heat will be off Wednesday, Dec. 4 starting at 6 a.m. to repair an “emergency steam leak,” according to an email sent by Facilities Management Business Operations Manager Angie Jackson to faculty and staff Tuesday afternoon.  

No other information about the steam leak was shared. The email urged faculty and staff to call the facilities management office with questions less than 30 minutes before it closed for the day.

The Weather Channel shows the temperature in the early morning to be in the low 30s. 

Housing & Residence Life sent a similar email shortly after, recommending residents to keep windows closed to retain heat during the outage. 

“Buildings should be able to hold heat until noon,” Jackson said in the email. “We anticipate to re-energize the lines before 1 p.m.”

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