Oct. 28

8:42 a.m.—A Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officer was dispatched to Peabody Terrace to investigate a suspicious letter. Harvard’s Environmental Health and Safety team (EHS) responded to the call and impounded the letter.

1:55 p.m.—A HUPD officer was sent to the Kresage Dining Hall to take a report of a burglary that just occurred. A group of suspects had fled the area toward the River, but a search of the area proved fruitless.

2:20 p.m.—HUPD officers were dispatched to Canaday Hall to investigate an unknown white substance. The substance was eventually reported to be baby powder.

3:49 p.m.—HUPD officers took a report of an assault at Emerson Hall. The victim was pushed.

Oct. 29

9:01 a.m.—HUPD officers were directed to South Hall to investigate a suspicious letter. EHS responded and impounded the letter.

11:36 a.m.—A HUPD officer was dispatched to Longfellow Hall to investigate a suspicious white powder. EHS responded and declared the substance to be cleaning solution.

5 p.m.—A HUPD officer was sent to Mass. Hall in response to a report of a group gathering outside the building. The group was dispersed.

7:17 p.m.—A HUPD officer was dispatched to Byerly Hall to investigate a suspicious substance. EHS responded and impounded the substance.

Oct. 30

9:50 a.m.—HUPD officers were sent to the Holyoke Center to check on a report of a suspicious magazine. EHS responded and impounded the magazine.

10:05 p.m.—An HUPD officer conducted a field interview of a suspicious person at the Semitic Museum. The subject was identified and sent on his way.

10:58 p.m.—A HUPD officer spoke with an individual at the Semitic Museum. The subject fit the description of a suspicious person from an earlier report. The individual was identified. He was servicing copy machines in the area.

7:39 p.m.—HUPD officers were dispatched to Lamont Library on a report of an individual causing a disturbance. The suspect was identified and issued a trespass warning.

Oct. 31

5:11 a.m.—A HUPD officer was sent to Harvard Yard to investigate a report of two individuals walking through the Yard carrying a wine bottle. The suspects were gone when the officer arrived.

2:18 p.m.—An HUPD officer was dispatched to Widener Library to take a report of two stolen books.

Nov. 1

1:11 p.m.—A HUPD officer was directed to the Holyoke Center to investigate a suspicious letter. EHS responded and impounded the letter.

7:57 p.m.—HUPD officers were sent to the Fairchild Lab to check on a report of a suspicious letter. EHS took the letter into custody.

Last week, as in the last few, a plurality of calls to HUPD have been associated with concern over anthrax. Between Oct. 28 and Nov. 1, 19 of 60 total calls to HUPD were about suspicious mail or powder. As of yet, no anthrax has been found at Harvard.

—Staff writer Alex B. Ginsberg can be reached at ginsberg@fas.harvard.edu.