The following is the official Snow Policy for RWC and the University of Cincinnati:The University of Cincinnati is always officially open. During periods of severe inclement weather, public emergency, or other crisis, the President or a designated cabinet officer of the University of Cincinnati may issue an announcement of campus status as appropriate to the situation on the university electronic mail system and through local mass media outlets. In general, such a campus status announcement will inform the general public, as well as University of Cincinnati students and employees, that the University of Cincinnati campus, or a specific designated portion of the campus, is closed for a specific time period.
Such announcement may specify that University of Cincinnati classes, with the exception of the College of Medicine, are cancelled until or after a specific time, or for an entire day.
Such announcements may specify that all events or programs, including both university and non-university events held in university facilities, are cancelled.
Such announcements may specify that certain university offices and facilities are closed, except for the following essential offices that never closed under any circumstances:
a. All east campus functions under the jurisdiction of the Senior Vice President and Provost for Health Affairs, with the exception of the College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy and College of Allied Sciences
b. University Police
c. Office of Residence Life/Housing Units
d. Utility Plants
e. Emergency Maintenance Operations
f. Any research unit where the integrity of the research must be preserved
g. Service units that routinely operate on a seven day per week, twenty-four-hour per day service schedule