Emailed Bomb Threat Shuts Down Harvard

Authorities evacuated portions of Harvard University on Monday after they received an emailed bomb threat.

Tape and closed gates are preventing entry to Harvard Yard. Access is "restricted", according to HUPD. @thecrimson pic.twitter.com/NTu8ndvYu2

— Andy Duehren (@aduehren) November 16, 2015

#Harvard main gates are closed now because of #emergency. Reason is unidentifiable #evacuacion pic.twitter.com/9y54j4krVC

— BIMAL (@BimalPhoto) November 16, 2015

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Homeland security cars driving towards another part of the Harvard Campus. Half of Cambridge street blocked off #wbz pic.twitter.com/3Af7T7Tz7X

— (@KwaniALunis) November 16, 2015

Heavily armed Cambridge police officers enter Harvard Yard after unconfirmed bomb threat. @thecrimson pic.twitter.com/ubXT5rZkql

— Andy Duehren (@aduehren) November 16, 2015

After two hours, officials called Emerson and Sever Halls safe while still investigating the Science Center and Thayer Hall.

Cambridge officials enter Sever Gate after reports of bomb threat @Harvard. @thecrimson pic.twitter.com/9mCnmpm2ys

— Kamara Swaby (@SwabyK) November 16, 2015

They've reopened #Harvard Yard, although it looks like investigation into bomb threat is continuing pic.twitter.com/GOM5kK2dYW

— Michael Linhorst (@MichaelLinhorst) November 16, 2015

Many gates to #Harvard Yard remain locked pic.twitter.com/ChJOd7LeNf

— Geoffrey Martello (@geoffmartello) November 16, 2015

#Harvard Yard reopened following report of bomb threat. @thecrimson @crimson_photo pic.twitter.com/zFQG9G0eH7

— Madeline Lear (@madelinerlear) November 16, 2015

Class being held in Old Burial Ground (17th c) instead of evacuated Yard because #Harvard stops for nothing pic.twitter.com/hvqgXHXqnQ

— Santiago Pardo Sanchez (@Santiago_P_S) November 16, 2015

Emails and texts alerted students at 12:30PM ET about the bomb threat. The police cleared out Harvard Yard and locked gates around campus.

Few things more eerie than the sight of a locked and empty #Harvard Yard @thecrimson pic.twitter.com/iMHNnka75N

— Ivan Levingston (@IvanLevingston) November 16, 2015

Bomb squad is everywhere #harvard pic.twitter.com/GZPSsetEYG

— Lacey Hudspeth (@laceyhudspeth) November 16, 2015

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Executive Vice President Katie N. Lapp sent out an email at 1:40PM telling the university that “nothing to substantiate the emailed threat has been found.”

Authorities reopened the Johnston and Widener Gates but asked students about their activities before they allowed them to enter Harvard Yard.