<p>Bomb threat related to several buildings was called in to campus security, as reported by MSN. No further information available on the school website yet. Students are being sheltered in various establishments on Nassau Street during the investigation.</p>
<p>And a terminal at the Atlanta airport was evacuated for a bomb in a maintenance shed.</p>
<p>So tired of all this.</p>
<p>Note that graduation happened last week. Most of the undergraduates should have been gone already.</p>
<p>updated June 11, 2013 at 4:09
By Kelly Heyboer and Christopher Baxter/ The Star-Ledger</p>
<p>PRINCETON — Police with bomb-sniffing dogs are expected to spend the next several hours searching Princeton University’s campus following a bomb threat phoned into school officials this morning.</p>
<p>About 6,900 students and employees were evacuated from the Ivy League campus this morning and the school expects to be closed for the remainder of the day. The shut down has caused major traffic disruptions in the area.</p>
<p>Princeton University evacuated due to bomb threat Princeton University spokesman Martin Mbugua updates the press on the bomb threats and evacuation at Princeton University on June 11, 2013. (Video by Christopher Baxter/The Star-Ledger)</p>
<p>“Law enforcement authorities are inspecting buildings on the Princeton University campus in the wake of a bomb threat,” university officials said in an update posted at 1:30 p.m. “Bomb-sniffing dogs were brought in, and the search of campus facilities was expected to take several hours.”</p>
<p>At 3:30 p.m., Princeton officials said no bombs had been found, but the search was continuing. The campus could reopen as early as this evening, according to the update posted on the university website.</p>
<p>Princeton University has 180 buildings spread over 500 acres bordering downtown Princeton.</p>
<p>At a press conference, Princeton University spokesman Martin Mbugua said campus officials received the bomb threat via a phone call around 9 a.m. today. They called for the evacuation about an hour later.</p>
<p>“There were discussions that led to the decision to evacuate the campus,” Mbugua said, declining to elaborate on why it took campus officials an hour to decide to order students and staff to leave.</p>
<p>He also declined to give any additional details about the nature of the threat.</p>
<p>Students and campus employees received an e-mail around 10 a.m. telling them to leave campus immediately.</p>
<p>“This is NOT a test,” the e-mail alert said. “There has been a bomb threat to multiple unspecified campus buildings. Please evacuate the campus and all University offices immediately and go home unless otherwise directed by your supervisor. Public Safety officers and Princeton Police will direct drivers to leave the campus and those without cars will be directed to evacuation sites. You will receive an update later today. Do not return to campus for any reason until advised otherwise.”</p>
<p>A second alert was sent a short time later again saying the evacuation was not a test.</p>
<p>“Campus residents are encouraged to walk off campus into town until an ALL CLEAR message is received,” the alert said.</p>
<p>Princeton students were told to go to sites in downtown Princeton, including the Nassau Inn, Princeton Public Library and Princeton Arts Council buildings. Faculty and staff were told to go home for the remainder of the day unless they are considered essential employees with the facilities or public safety departments.</p>
<p>Entrances to the campus have been blocked. Princeton’s iconic iron gate on Nassau Street has been closed.</p>
<p>Princeton University’s spring semester has ended and the university held its commencement ceremony last week. So, most of the university’s 5,000 undergraduates, 2,500 graduate students and 1,100 faculty members have left for summer break.</p>
<p>However, the campus is still busy with research, summer programs and other business, school officials said.</p>
<p>Campus was re-opened about an hour ago. So far, they haven’t found anything.</p>