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UW-Madison applauds new rules on reporting, preventing sexual assaults of students

Despite comparatively low numbers of reported assaults, national research indicates that 1 in 5 female students is attacked. Occasional surveys of UW-Madison?s more than 43,000 students show similar rates, even though an average of only 16 campus sexual assaults were formally reported each year from 2010 through 2012, said Dr. Sarah Van Orman, executive director of campus health services.