Chancellor Julio Frenk said in a campuswide email that operations will be canceled for at least Thursday and Friday, with the academic senate set to make a decision on instruction next week. He added in the statement that the decision was made due to expectations of air quality.

“After careful consideration, we have made the decision to curtail campus operations, cancel undergraduate classes and move graduate courses to remote instruction for the next two days, Thursday, Jan. 9 and Friday, Jan. 10,” Frenk said in the announcement. “While there remains no immediate fire danger to our campus, given an expected change in wind patterns in the hours ahead, it is likely that the air quality in Westwood will worsen.”