“Since I’ve been away I haven’t been to my office but was told that there is no damage,” Professor of English and American Literature and Language John Stauffer wrote in an e-mail.

Administration and University officials in charge of the building said there had been a leak but gave few details.

“There’s not too much that I can say about it at the moment except that an investigation is underway,” FAS spokesman Robert Mitchell said.

The closing of the building earlier this week did not come from an order of Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), according to HUPD Spokesman Steven G. Catalano.

—Staff writer Adam M. Guren can be reached at guren@fas.harvard.edu.

—Staff writer Samuel C. Scott can be reached at sscott@fas.harvard.edu.