Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor said the student died outside Smith Hall. She said UW-Police reported they are still gathering information, but they don’t suspect foul play. She also said police believe there is no ongoing threat to the community.
A student died Monday outside Smith Residence Hall, according to an email from Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor sent to the campus community.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor said in a letter to students and employees that the individual died outside of Smith Residence Hall. Reesor noted that there is no foul play suspected, and that the UW–Madison Police Department and Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office are still investigating.
A $2.8 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by a former University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher who accused the director of Madison’s public zoo of sexual assault during an out-of-state work conference in 2018.
University of Wisconsin Law School professor John Gross, director of the Public Defender Project, explains efforts by lawmakers to increase penalties for drug overdoses resulting in homicide charges.
Madison police worked with UW-Madison, Shorewood Hills and Waunakee police and the Dane County Sheriff’s Office in identifying, arresting, and charging the trio in the cases, which impacted more than two dozen people, Fryer said.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges he threatened students, professors and their families.
Arvin Mathur was arrested at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport March 10 after emailing victims that he was returning to campus for “an evening of fun” on St. Patrick’s Day. Mathur, 32, of Grass Lake, Michigan, now faces six counts sending online threats to nine individuals associated with UW-Madison.
A federal grand jury has indicted a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of threatening people at the school, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison student will remain in custody and be transported to Wisconsin from Michigan to face a charge of making threats against people at the school.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student will remain in custody and be transported to Wisconsin from Michigan to face a charge of making threats against people at the school.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student threatened students, staff members and professors at the university, telling some of them via email before he traveled to the U.S. last week that he planned to kill their children, according to court documents.
A former University of Wisconsin at Madison anthropology graduate student, Arvin Raj Mathur, was arrested for sending numerous violent and threatening emails to students, faculty and staff members at the university, The Detroit News reported.
The UW-Madison Police Department says a former graduate student was arrested Friday after the agency notified federal law enforcement of alleged online threats he made against the community.
Arvin Raj Mathur, 32, was in Michigan’s St. Clair County Jail on Sunday following his arrest after traveling from Copenhagen, where he has been enrolled at a university, court records and online jail records show.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student was arrested in Michigan last weekend after allegedly threatening nine people on campus, emailing some about plans to kill their children and harassing others over social media for months, federal court records show.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student threatened students, staff members and professors at the university, telling some of them via email before he traveled to the U.S. last week that he planned to kill their children, according to court documents.
A Dane County Court commissioner Thursday allowed a suspected hit-and-run driver to keep her license despite her being charged with injuring a UW-Madison student on a campus street.
FBI alerted MPD of threat on Yik Yak.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student was charged with a single count of making terrorist threats by threatening to bring weapons to Bascom Hall on social media Tuesday. Dane County municipal court filed a criminal complaint against 26-year-old Thomas Hansen.
A UW-Madison graduate student was ordered banned from campus after he was charged Tuesday with making an online threat to “start sneaking guns into crowded school buildings” and advised that others “don’t go to Bascom Hall next week” during a chat on a social media platform last week.
Madison police say 26-year-old Thomas Hansen was arrested last Friday at an off-campus apartment on Grand Ave. after the FBI alerted them to the online threat, which mentioned weapons and the campus area.
A 26-year-old man is charged for allegedly making threats over social media, which referenced University of Wisconsin-Madison, after the FBI informed Madison Police Department about the post.
Residents were evacuated from a University of Wisconsin-Madison dorm early Friday morning after a battery pack caught fire in a student’s backpack, according to the Madison Fire Department.
Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the UW Police Department say they are aware of transgender pride stickers that recently appeared to have been defaced.
Crews were called to Smith Hall just before 1:30 a.m. for reports of smoke coming from a fifth floor room. The building was being evacuated when they arrived.
“UW-Madison and UWPD are aware of the defaced stickers recently reported in Science Hall,” a statement released by the university read. “The meaning or intent of the messages remains unclear.”
UWPD Chief Kristen Roman says the department trains for an active shooter annually and offers training to campus staff, students, and anyone in Madison year-round. Last year, over 1,100 people took the department’s training course, and Roman says being prepared is crucial in any emergency for officers and the public.
Authorities shut down several campus arteries, including Observatory Drive and Charter Street, as a precaution.
The Madison Fire Department was sent to Cole Hall, 625 Elm Drive, at 7:34 p.m. for reports of a battery fire in a dorm room. An occupant used a fire extinguisher from the common hallway to put out the fire just prior to the arrival of fire crews at 7:39 p.m., and no one was injured, Fire Department spokesperson Cynthia Schuster said in a statement.
The Madison Fire Department was dispatched to Cole Residence Hall shortly after 7:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a battery fire in a dorm room. A student quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher and put out the fire before officials arrived.
A jury has found former Wisconsin Badgers football player Marcus Randle El guilty in the 2020 shooting deaths of two women, 27-year-old Brittany McAdory and 30-year-old Seairaha Winchester.
The career criminal who said he “snapped” before brutally murdering a 21-year-old college student in Downtown Madison in 2008 — then spent the next 12 years evading responsibility for his crime — will spend the rest of his life in prison, a Dane County judge ruled Friday.
According to a WiscAlert sent at 8:38 a.m., a suspicious package was found outside the building at 433 Babcock Drive.
City and UW-Madison Police will be putting extra resources into policing the area, Fryer said.
The former University of Wisconsin-Madison football player accused of killing two women appeared in court Friday for the final time before his trial begins next week.
Riley Jensen, 17, appeared in court Tuesday for a competency hearing. Online records show the court made findings of incompetency. The state made an oral motion to dismiss the case, which was accepted.
The Madison Police Department says it is working with the UW-Madison Police Department to identify the person, who was seen vandalizing the UW Hillel Foundation building, the Lowell Center, and an E-bike station last week.
Graffiti was found on the UW Hillel Foundation building, an organization that supports Jewish students, and Lowell Center, a residence hall. MPD said spray paint was also put on a nearby E-bike station, which is operated by the City.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Police Department tested new AI security screening technology on campus on Sunday, using products created by Liberty Defense.
A blown transformer forced approximately 500 UW Housing residents to vacate by 1 a.m. on Saturday.
Although 2022 crime rates have statistically been similar to 2020 and 2021, many students and community members are on edge due to a perceived uptick in violence near the UW-Madison campus.
A fight near UW campus early Sunday descended into violence with one person arrested after stabbing another, Madison police said.
One person is now in custody after a stabbing occurred just west of downtown Madison, near UW’s campus, early Sunday morning.
Victim did not sustain life-threatening injuries, according to MPD.
Madison police named a 40-year-old man with ties to the Milwaukee area as the suspect in a shooting Tuesday afternoon on State Street.
Fans were asked to remain inside the Kohl Center following Tuesday night’s Badger men’s basketball game due to police activity outside the center.
UW-Madison issued a statement on Twitter saying towards the end of the game, Madison Police asked UW Athletics officials to keep fans inside as police “dealt with a situation outside.”
According to Madison Police Sgt. Nicholas Pine, the suspect from a shooting just off the Capitol Square on Tuesday was possibly spotted in the area of the 500 block of State Street, not far from the arena. Officials issued a shelter-in-place warning for the 14,435 fans in attendance until police could search the area.
The perpetrator shot the victim in the 100 block of State Street in front of restaurants and shops around 3:30 p.m., Madison police spokesperson Stephanie Fryer said. The victim was conscious and alert when he was taken to the hospital, Fryer said.
Wisconsin football took on Minnesota in an annual rivalry Sunday where a number of students received citations or were ejected from the game at Camp Randall.
UWPD shared on Facebook the Badger’s football game against Minnesota was K9 Maya’s last Wisconsin Football game day.
UW-Madison police reported that 54 people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium and 16 people were arrested during Saturday’s game between the Badgers and Minnesota.
The UW-Madison Police Department has been sending an officer on the road with the University of Wisconsin volleyball team since the online circulation of private photos and videos of players in October.
Update: Police said Enzhe Xun was found safe after a tip from a community member.
Noted: Well over 200 law enforcement agencies have signed on to the pledge, including five others in Wisconsin: the Dane County Sheriff’s Office and police in Madison, Fitchburg, Middleton and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing University of Wisconsin-Madison student who hasn’t been heard from in more than a month.
In an incident report posted Monday, Madison Police Department stated that the family of Enzhe Xun reported him missing after not hearing from him. He is an international student from China.
Enzhe Xun, 19, was reported missing by his family on Nov. 15 after they had not heard from him, Madison police spokesperson Stephanie Fryer said in a statement.
Under a plea agreement with prosecutors and approved by a judge, David D. Clash-Miller, 21, whose most recent arrest was in September after an incident at a UW-Madison dorm, could face some time in jail or prison if his probation is ever revoked by the state Department of Corrections.
UW-Madison police reported that just 17 people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium and four people were arrested during Saturday’s game between the Badgers and Maryland.
Robert Joehnk, 21, of Madison appeared in Dane County Court Wednesday on a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges and two counts of misdemeanor fourth-degree sexual assault.
