SAFETY AND WELLNESS

Urban College of Boston is committed to promoting learning in a safe, supportive, and respectful environment. Each of our students, faculty, staff, and visitors is responsible for contributing to this environment.

This web page outlines Urban College’s expectations for student conduct, details various campus safety and wellness resources, and describes how to report a crime.

In case of emergency, please call 911.

Emergency Preparedness

Click here for Urban College’s 2024-2025 Emergency Preparedness Handbook.

Click here for Urban College’s Main Campus (2 Boylston Street, Boston, MA) Evacuation Plan. A map with the evacuation route highlighted is posted in each classroom and office space.

COVID-19 Policies

Click here for more details about UCB’s current COVID-19 policies and responses to frequently asked questions.

Annual Security Reporting Policy

Urban College of Boston prepares an annual security report in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Please visit the following links for more information about our policy, the most recent Annual Security Report, and a calendar of programming for students and employees.

Emergency Numbers

Anyone can report a crime by contacting the local police by dialing 911 or calling the President at 617-449-7068. You may also report a crime online. To report any suspicious activity or person seen loitering inside buildings with Urban College classrooms, or to report non-emergencies, contact a UCB Campus Security Authority (CSA). Here are the designated CSAs and their contact information:

President, 617-449-7068

Vice President of Academic Affairs, 617-960-0257

Admissions Office, 617-449-7067

Director of Student Services, 617-449-7380

LRC staff, 617-449-7044

Financial Services Office, 617-449-7428

Business Office, 617-449-7430

Registration Services, 617-449-7042

Boston Municipal Police, 617-338-9134

Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program (DAAPP)

UCB strives to achieve a healthy living, learning, and working environment. Each January, the College publishes a schedule of planned DAAPP events for the calendar year. We invite and encourage all students and employees to attend these educational opportunities.

TITLE IX

Title IX is federal regulation that prohibits any type of gender-based discrimination in educational settings.

Title IX is federal regulation that prohibits any type of gender-based discrimination in educational settings. If you have any questions about this regulation or would like to report an incident, please contact UCB’s Title IX Coordinator, Rosana Perella, at rosana.perella@urbancollege.edu, or 617-449-7380.

 

Report a Crime

In case of emergency, call 911.

Click here to report via an online form. Include as much information as known.


To Report Complaints of Sexual Violence

A victim of sexual violence has the right to file (or choose not to file) an Affirmative Action Discrimination Complaint Form with the College. To file a complaint, please contact UCB’s Title IX Coordinator, Rosana Perella , at Rosana.Perella@urbancollege.edu. For Title IX purposes, the Title IX Coordinator will keep information confidential to the full extent permitted by law.

A victim may also choose to file a criminal complaint, with assistance from the building’s Municipal Police officers. Victims who report an incident to the Title IX Coordinator or to Municipal Police are not obligated to file criminal charges.