Category: Crime and safety

A University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student from Beijing, who was to receive her master’s degree in economics next month, died over the weekend after she and two other pedestrians were struck by an SUV as they were walking on a sidewalk south of campus.

University of Wisconsin-Madison police have given the “all-clear” after an earlier report that a man with a knife was in the parking lot of the H.C. White Library.

A former University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of sexually assaulting six women and groping, stalking or sexually preying on four others could face additional charges, UW police announced Monday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police have referred more charges to prosecutors against a UW-Madison student already accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women.

MADISON — The University of Wisconsin – Madison campus is a place where you can Jewishly connect as much as you like and can even immerse yourself in a Jewish bubble.

For the first time in nearly 200 years, UW Madison fraternities and sororities have an anti-sexual assault policy.

Alec Shiva—who is currently facing criminal felony counts of false imprisonment, strangulation and second-degree sexual assault—has been found responsible of a crime of violence by a disciplinary hearing that recommended his expulsion from UW-Madison.

In a January city council candidate forum, a UW-Madison student raised her hand to ask a question that seemed to catch both Zach Wood and John Terry Jr.—who are vying for a seat representing campus—off guard: “What would you do to combat sexual assault?”

Alleging an unfair process, the attorney for a recent Edina High School graduate charged with several sexual assaults at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said Wednesday he will appeal his client’s expulsion from the school.

A suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of sexually assaulting six women and groping, stalking or sexually preying on four others has been expelled after a non-academic misconduct hearing committee found him responsible for violating student conduct policies related to “a crime of violence.”

UW-Madison is being investigated for four cases of mishandling reports of sexual violence—the second-most of any Big Ten school, after the University of Indiana’s five, and more than double the average of investigations for all Big Ten institutions.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison committee has upheld the recommendation to expel Alec Cook from the university for violating university student conduct policies, according to a release.

A UW-Madison misconduct committee has voted to expel a student who prosecutors allege sexually assaulted or harassed 10 women, officials said Tuesday.

Following a 2015 survey that revealed high rates of sexual assault at UW-Madison—particularly in residence halls and Greek houses—campus groups have been working to build prevention programs aimed at reducing these numbers. This programming aims to reach a significant portion of the campus population, as 90 percent of freshman choose to live in university housing and approximately 13 percent of undergraduates are members of the Greek community.

Requests for no contact orders happen fairly often—about once every two weeks, assistant dean and director of conduct and community standards Tonya Schmidt said. Reasons can be as simple as a roommate relationship gone sour, but they more commonly deal with dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.

[S]ome on campus are worried that President Donald Trump’s administration may change standards for college sexual assault cases, making the reporting process more difficult for some survivors.

A UW-Madison disciplinary committee has decided to expel a student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women.

Kristen Roman thought she was headed toward a career in broadcast journalism when she studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison in the mid-1980s.

After weeks of withholding evidence from University of Wisconsin student Alec Cook’s defense team, his attorneys filed a motion to compel the court to have the prosecution release at least 2,800 pages worth of police reports and other documents, according to court records.

The number of reported sexual assaults at the University of Wisconsin-Madison rose by more than 100 in 2016, when 325 sexual assaults were reported. That’s up from 217 reports in 2015.

Members of the University of Wisconsin community received a familiar crime warning email Monday describing an ongoing string of on-campus burglaries involving electronics and credit cards … Those who opened the email, however, may have been surprised that in addition to the usual description and location of the crime and a vague description of any suspects involved in the case, this particular email also included photos of the suspects — two young black men.

UW-Madison police are seeking help in locating two people believed to be involved in a burglaries from administrative and academic buildings.

A series of burglaries that have occurred over the last two weeks on campus are being investigated by UW-Madison Police Department, according to a crime warning.

A range of UW-Madison student organizations—from the Campus Women’s Center and Women’s Studies Club to Black Woman Heal and Muslim Student Association—exchanged ideas Thursday for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April, in the spirit of the month’s theme: “Engaging New Voices.”

A 22-year-old University of Wisconsin student is facing charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, after police say he ran through the state Capitol rotunda earlier this month while completely naked.

A former UW-Madison student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women pleaded not guilty.

A suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women pleaded not guilty to multiple charges in court Friday.

A suspended UW-Madison student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges.

A 22-year-old Madison man was tentatively charged by Capitol police this month for lewd and lascivious behavior after running around inside the Capitol building naked.

A suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women pleaded not guilty Friday to multiple charges.

University of Wisconsin-Madison police said Sunday they were forced to use a Taser on an 18-year-old man who was attacking and grabbing people outside a campus residence hall.

UW-Madison Police Department arrested an 18-year-old man Saturday who caused a public disturbance by grabbing pedestrians, according to a UWPD incident report.