Update—5:45 p.m., Jan. 4: In the wake of today's snowstorm, UD officials are continuing to monitor conditions on area roads as well as campus parking lots and sidewalks. A decision about Friday's opening will be made before 6 a.m., Friday.

The University of Delaware is closed Thursday, Jan. 4. Essential personnel should report to work.

Classes scheduled on Jan. 4 will not meet, and offices are closed. The University is expected to reopen on its normal schedule on Friday, Jan. 5.

In addition to the Newark campus, UD locations throughout the state are closed today, including the Associate in Arts programs in Wilmington, Dover and Georgetown.

UD Facilities staff will be working today to clear campus parking lots and treat sidewalks.

Schedule updates

• The Barnes and Noble UD Bookstore is closed today, Jan. 4.
• All programs at the Carpenter Sports Building (Lil Bob) are canceled for Jan. 4; the building will be open from 1- 8 p.m. Please follow the @UDLilBob social media and www.bluehens.com/recreationhours for updates.
  
• Russell and Pencader residential dining halls and the P.O.D. Markets at Harrington and Pencader are operating on their normal schedules. Other retail dining locations will be closed.
  
• The University of Delaware Library is closed today.
• The UD Ice Arenas are closed today.
  
• Appointments scheduled at Student Health Services for Jan. 4 are canceled. Student Health Services is seeing only emegency walk-in patients today.
  
• University Student Centers are closed today.
• The Early Learning Center is closed today.
  

Information about any additional closings or 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.

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.