Authorities believe one person is responsible for vandalizing campus buildings with graffiti over six months, with the latest incidents making reference to racial intolerance.
UW-Madison police said early Sunday morning that Olive Martin has been found.
A female University of Wisconsin student said administration is not doing enough after she was injured while intervening in an altercation last weekend.
The student, Elizabeth Olguin, was injured while intervening in an apparent act of partner violence March 11. She is calling on the university to issue a stronger response against Joseph McDonald-Hardy, the UW cross-country runner who was charged with a misdemeanor.
University of Wisconsin Police Department met with UW National Alliance of Mental Illness members to discuss how UWPD addresses mental health issues and what students can do to reform the stigma surrounding mental health issues.
UW-Madison Police are investigating another racist incident on the UW-Madison campus.
Racist graffiti was reportedly found in a bathroom at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Monday.
Police said it was reported just after 7 p.m They believe the vandalism happened sometime between 3:30 p.m – 7 p.m. that day.
A student will not face charges in a reported racial incident on campus
UW-Madison Police were called to Sellery Hall Saturday just after 2 a.m. for an incident between four students.
Police said 19-year-old Matthew Hsieh got into an argument with three female students who were reportedly playing loud music and talking loudly.
The UW Police Department is investigating after someone sprayed graffiti on the outside of Memorial Library Wednesday evening.
The words “White Supremacy is a Disease. – God” can be clearly seen still Thursday morning as students head to class Thursday morning.
University of Wisconsin police are investigating vandalized property at the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery that was reported Monday night. Graffiti of a stick figure hanging from a tree by a noose was found in a men’s bathroom. The N-word was written out next to the image, officials said.
Graffiti declaring that “White supremacy is a disease” was left on Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin Wednesday night, according to University of Wisconsin police.
A UW-Madison student who shoved and spit on other students during a dispute in a dorm over the weekend will not face criminal charges for the incident, which helped energize conversations about the campus’ racial climate.
A male was beaten and robbed by a group of five others after they offered to take him to a hospital for medical treatment, according to a release from University of Wisconsin police.
A 23-year-old Madison man was arrested Monday on suspicion of fourth-degree sexual assault after a student was sexually assaulted Wednesday.
A skateboarder who injured himself in a fall was mugged in a UW-Madison parking ramp by those offering to take him to the hospital, police reported.
UW-Madison freshman Synovia Knox still can’t believe what happened early Saturday morning at Sellery Hall. She and a group of friends had returned after grabbing some late night food and were met by her frustrated neighbor who started shouting profanities and racially charged comments.
UW-Madison officials are investigating another instance of insensitivity at a campus dorm.
Three students say they were pushed and spit on at Sellery Hall over the weekend. Campus police say they do not consider it a hate crime right now, but they did give out a ticket for disorderly conduct.
A possible pilot study would investigate the effects of mindfulness training on Madison police officers. MPD Chief Mike Koval says he’s working with the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin to plan the project to determine how mindfulness training affects a police officer’s physical and mental well-being.
Faculty and University of Wisconsin police are looking into their third incident of discrimination on campus in the past month after a group of students were pushed and spit on in Sellery Hall. Synovia Knox and Francisco Velazquez were walking to their dorm room in Sellery Hall with two other women when they were confronted by another resident, who they say began yelling at them and said they didn’t belong because of economic status.
UW-Madison freshman Karie Le reported to university officials and took to social media Sunday to detail a Saturday night incident of discrimination, which is now the third incident of bias to be reported in the last week.
Le, who is Vietnamese, said she was spat on by a middle-aged white man outside of the Student Activity Center at around 7 p.m. Saturday night. The man then told her to return to China, and the roughly five other men he was with laughed at Le.
University Housing is leading an investigation into an incident of discrimination that occurred early Saturday morning in Sellery residence hall, according to an email sent to First Wave Scholars from Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims.
A student reportedly pushed three residents of Sellery Hall at roughly 2 a.m. The aggressor also spat on one of the students, according to an email sent to Sellery Hall residents later Saturday morning.
A little over a month after UW students posted pictures of Hitler to a Jewish student’s dorm, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is investigating another act of intolerance. At Dejope Hall on campus, an important Native American ceremony was cut short, Wednesday night.
Students from inside the dorm started shouting mocking war cry sounds, upsetting everyone at the event.
A UW male student was sexually assaulted Wednesday at 6 p.m. According to a police report, the student was on the fourth level of the Student Activities Center, 333 East Campus Mall, when a man approached him and asked for help.
A UW student received a cut hand after an attempt to intervene in what appeared to be an incident of partner violence Friday night. UW Madison police confirmed to News 3 Saturday that two UW-Madison students witnessed what appeared to be partner violence outside 45 N. Randall Street.
Under Riseling, UWPD also has been on the forefront of some changes or advances in police practices, becoming the first agency in the state to put computers linked to dispatch in police cars in 1992, and last year being one of the first locally to add body-worn cameras for officers.
A male UW-Madison student was propositioned for sex in a campus activity center this week, an incident that prompted UW-Madison police to remind students that unwanted advances should not be tolerated or ignored.
A female UW-Madison student was cut on the hand multiple times after trying to intervene in a domestic situation Friday night.
Noted: UW-Madison Police: Last year, the number of officers who received crisis intervention training increased to 72 percent from 5 percent of the 60-officer agency, Chief Sue Riseling said.
Quoted: “It greatly reduces the use of force, if we know the reason someone isn’t complying is not because they’re being belligerent but because they’re ill,” said UW-Madison Police Chief Sue Riseling, who co-chaired the local task force. “That’s a huge psychological shift for an officer. We generally want to help those who are ill and control those who are belligerent.”
Federal Aviation Administration officials say UW-Madison was fined $56,000 after a university researcher put hazardous materials in luggage and checked the baggage onto a flight, only to have TSA screeners intercept the cargo.
Unlikely international sex symbol Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, former defense lawyers for Steven Avery, the Manitowoc, Wis., man exonerated on a rape charge and subsequently convicted in 2005 for the murder of photographer Teresa Halback, announced this week they are launching a North American tour.
Noted: Agencies involved in the project include the Sheriff’s Office, State Patrol, District Attorney’s Office, Wisconsin Hygiene Lab, state Department of Justice and police departments of Madison, Verona, Fitchburg, Stoughton, DeForest, Oregon, Middleton and UW-Madison.
Sexual assault is a problem on college campuses nationwide, including UW Madison, and it’s sparking conversations across the country.
A survey from the Association of American Universities shows one of every four female students say they’ve been sexually assaulted. That same survey also showed more than three-quarters of women who reported being a victim said the offender had been drinking.
“We have a substantial problem at this campus and many campuses across the nation that we need to address,” said Carmen Hotvedt, with UW Madison’s End Violence on Campus.
The UW-Madison Police Department said they are investigating a string of thefts and burglaries that happened in and around UW Hospital and Clinics.
According to a release from UW-Madison Police Department, it happened on Monday around the hospital on Highland Avenue.
In an interview with 27 News, a registered sex offender admits to being at the home of former UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann on the day of her unsolved homicide.
But 49-year-old David Kahl tells 27 News he was not responsible for the 21-year coed’s 2008 death.
University of Wisconsin police are investigating a string of thefts and burglaries around UW Hospital and Clinics. Police said that, in most cases, the thief got access to valuables because of an unlocked door or vehicle. The thefts happened Monday.
UW-Madison police are looking for a man who allegedly entered vehicles near UW Hospital and Clinics on Monday to steal valuables.
Madison Police have released surveillance images of the man they believe grabbed a UW-Madison student early Monday morning as she was walking home from a library.
He’s described as being 6′, 150 pounds 18-22 years old with a dark complexion. If you have any information contact Madison Area Crime Stoppers.
Noted: The Special Community/Police Task Force was formed after the incidents in Ferguson, Missouri by the NAACP, United Way, law enforcement and Leaders of Color Collaboration. It was co-chaired by University of Wisconsin Police Chief Sue Riseling, Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church Pastor Everett Mitchell, and Urban League of Greater Madison President and CEO Ruben Anthony. The 12 task force members met 15 times and held listening sessions in the community.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to replace its required Tonight sexual assault program with a new program in 2017. Incoming students are required to take the online Tonight course, which teaches students how to spot, prevent and cope with sexual assault.
Court records show a former UW-Hospital nurse was convicted of four felony crimes after diverting drugs from patients for her own use.
A former UW Hospital nurse was convicted Thursday of stealing morphine while working at the hospital in 2013 and 2014.
The mother of former UW-Madison student and 2008 homicide victim Brittany Zimmermann tells 27 News a DNA match in Zimmermann’s case was made in 2014.
Jean Zimmermann tells 27 News she was also informed of the match by authorities in 2014, and knows the name of the person associated with the DNA, but is not divulging the name at this time.
The existence of the DNA match in the high-profile killing of the 21- year old university student in a campus-area apartment was first reported on WIBA’s The Vicki McKenna show last week.
Madison police have a “DNA match” in their investigation into the unsolved 2008 killing of college student Brittany Zimmermann, her parents said this week, but that alone does not appear to be enough to support charges in the case.
The parents of a slain University of Wisconsin-Madison student are renewing their plea that anyone with information about the 2008 homicide contact police.
The family of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was killed in 2008 said they have a DNA match related to the homicide investigation. Kevin and Jean Zimmermann, parents of 21-year-old Brittany Zimmermann, said in a statement to News 3 Tuesday that while they have a DNA match in their daughter’s case, they will not release the name because authorities are not filing charges against him.
Brittany Zimmermann, a UW-Madison junior at the time of her death, was killed by strangulation and stabbing in the middle of the day in her Downtown apartment on April 2, 2008. She had just returned from morning classes and was followed into her apartment by someone who forced entry through an outside door.
Noted: Schuster says today, the fire department focused on making sure the affected residents were getting what they needed to “start getting their lives back.” She tells 27 News, “The UW Dean of Students’ office has kindly reached out to any students impacted to help get them temporary replacement necessities such as laptops and text books.”
She says at least 10 people were totally displaced from the fire.
A UW-Madison student described as the “primary driving force” behind a group of young male participants in a marijuana distribution ring has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.
A tossed winter coat on top of a toaster in a dorm room brought firefighters to the UW-Madison campus on Wednesday, with nobody injured in the blaze.
University Health Services announced Tuesday it is seeking funding for initiatives focused on gender-based violence prevention within Greek life and the campus community as whole.
Sarah Van Orman, UHS executive director, unveiled plans at a press conference to address 12 issues a UW task force identified to curb sexual assaults. Using new and existing programs, UHS aims to improve prevention strategies, increase bystander intervention and change the culture around gender-based violence, she said.
The new efforts UHS suggested would be implemented in the fall and cost University of Wisconsin $400,000, Van Orman said. UHS requested a $45 increase to student segregated fees Monday.
In the wake of the AAU Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey that revealed one in four undergraduate females were sexually assaulted, University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have developed a plan to address the issue. UW-Madison was one of 27 campuses that participated in the survey.
UW-Madison University Health Services will spend an extra $400,000 next academic year for additional staffing and new or expanded programs aimed at reducing student-reported rates of campus sexual violence.
At a University of Wisconsin student government committee meeting Monday, University Health Services proposed a two-year plan to financially back support for expanded mental health and sexual assault services — a change that would cost students almost $45 more per semester.
The Student Services Finance Committee, a branch of Associated Students of Madison, also unanimously approved WSUM’s budget proposal of $376,599 Monday.
A former Badger turned NFL player was in court Monday for allegedly battering his girlfriend early Friday morning. Madison police said Montee Ball, 25, was at the Hampton Inn and Suites on West Johnson Street at 3:43 a.m. when he was physically violent toward his girlfriend.
Former NFL and University of Wisconsin running back Montee Ball won’t face felony charges related to an incident early Friday in which police say he injured his girlfriend during an argument at a Downtown hotel.
Noted: SB 276: Allow the UW System to use parking fines and fees to help pay for campus safety. Now, that money can be used only for parking and transportation facilities and enforcing parking regulations. The measure would also bar the UW System from building new parking facilities using bonds backed by general taxes.
Former Wisconsin tailback Montee Ball on Monday was charged with two misdemeanors — battery and disorderly conduct — for his alleged actions during two incidents involving his girlfriend.
Noted: AB 808: Prevent law enforcement from issuing underage drinking tickets to sexual assault victims and those assisting them. It would also bar the University of Wisconsin System from suspending them or taking other actions against them.
Police from the University of Wisconsin-Madison are searching for a man who was last seen leaving UW Hospital & Clinics Sunday morning. Campus police spokesman Marc Lovicott says a Silver Alert has been issued for Larry Campbell, 63, of Madison.
A former Badger turned NFL player is accused of battering his girlfriend early Friday in Madison, police said. Madison police said Montee Ball, 25, was at the Hampton Inn and Suites on West Johnson Street at 3:43 a.m. when he was physically violent toward his girlfriend.
Former University of Wisconsin and NFL running back Montee Ball was arrested early Friday after a woman reported he threw her, injuring her leg.
