Students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison are calling on the administration to take action after a doctoral student from China was reportedly punched and kicked by a group of men while walking in downtown Madison near campus.
Category: Crime and safety
Multiple departments fight barn blaze at UW-Madison Arlington Agricultural Research Station
The fire was contained to one large structure that housed farming equipment and hay, and no people or animals were injured, said UW-Madison police spokesperson Marc Lovicott.
Multiple agencies fight structure fire at UW Agricultural Research Station
Deforest Fire Department responded Sunday afternoon to reports of a barn on fire at the Arlington Research Station and multiple other local fire departments followed quickly to assist, UW Police said.
15 years later: Family of Kelly Nolan offers new reward for information about her killing
Fifteen years to the date that a 22-year-old UW-Whitewater student disappeared from Madison’s State Street and was later found dead in a wooded property of Dane County, her family announced a new reward for any information leading to the conviction of her killer.
‘They’re probably going to attack me’: UW-Madison student speaks out after assault
“They have a group of people, they’re probably going to attack me,” Wang recalled.
‘There is no reason to hate someone because of their race’: UW-Madison student speaks out after being attacked near campus
Curtis Wang is going into his senior year at UW-Madison with hopes of eventually becoming a lawyer.
Wang moved from China to America to chase his dream and has loved every second of living in Madison. But what happened to Wang last Tuesday night has shaken him to the core.
Madison police identify 3 suspects in alleged racially motivated attacks
Madison police on Tuesday identified three of the four teens arrested last week in a series of Downtown Madison attacks — two of which some in the Asian community have called racially motivated.
Artificial intelligence technology can secure sites by scanning major venues for weapons
Noted: The new HEXWAVE system will be tested this summer at a Hindu temple near Atlanta, the University of Wisconsin and the Toronto Pearson International Airport.
UW-Madison interim chancellor offers support to students after recent attacks near campus
UW-Madison continues to offer support for its students after four suspects were taken into custody for recent attacks on UW students and others.
UW Interim Chancellor John Karl Scholz said in an announcement that UW–Madison and the UW Police Department continue to work with the Madison Police Department to support the victims and understand what occurred during the recent attacks. Following these incidents, UWPD and Madison Police are increasing their presence in the downtown area.
UW Chancellor: MPD, UWPD step up presence in wake of attacks
An open letter addressed to the entire UW-Madison campus community assured students and staff that UW Police Department and Madison Police Department personnel have stepped up their presence in and around downtown.
ASM convenes for an emergency meeting in response to anti-Asian hate crimes near campus
The Associated Students of Madison convened for an emergency meeting to address recent acts of violence against University of Wisconsin-Madison students of Asian origin on Monday. The meeting, called by ASM Chair Ndemazea Fonkem, provided community members with an open forum to express the impact these events have had.
Open letter calls for action to protect Asian students after attack near UW-Madison
An open letter signed by hundreds of current and former students, faculty and staff at UW-Madison calls for more action from university leaders after an attack on an international doctoral student last week.
Open letter to UW-Madison leaders calls for action following attack on international student near campus
After the Madison Police Department concluded a recent attack on an international doctoral student was not racially motivated, an open letter from a group of Asian students, professors and teaching assistants is calling for the University of Wisconsin-Madison urge the department and the Dane County District Attorney’s office to investigate more thoroughly.
UW-Madison students criticize university’s response to attack on Asian PhD student, urge greater action
Student leaders at UW-Madison held an emergency student council meeting Monday night to call out university officials on their response to the attack of an Asian doctoral student on June 14.
Students plan protest against AAPI hate after multiple assaults
On Tuesday, June 14 around 10pm, an Asian man was attacked on University Ave, close to the UW-Madison campus.
The victim is a PhD student at UW-Madison. In posts circulating online on social media, he wrote that he was attacked by five strangers on University Avenue, pulled to the ground, and punched in the face. He was left bleeding from his ear. Another person of Asian heritage was attacked Tuesday night, only a few blocks away and by attackers who fit a similar description.
UW international students lead ‘Stop Asian Hate’ march
Outraged and feeling unsafe, UW international students led a group of hundreds down State Street in a protest demanding more action be taken to protect Asian students on campus.
MPD: 4 arrested in connection to attacks in downtown Madison
The string of attacks was noted by the police department in a statement that detailed the third one.
Protesters march against Asian hate after alleged attacks in downtown Madison
Organizers behind the Rally Against Asian Hate in Madison wrote on Facebook that on June 14, a male PhD student was “randomly attacked by five young male strangers.”
UW community members respond to assault and battery of Asian student
International Student Services condemned the violent behavior in an email statement to The Badger Herald and affirmed that international students are a key part of the university’s diversity and deserve to feel safe in the campus community.
Updated: Asian international student assaulted near campus Tuesday, campus community rallies to #StopAsianHate
A string of recent assaults near campus, including an attack on an international doctoral student Tuesday night, prompted members of the campus community to band together to spread the message to #StopAsianHate.
Attacks on Asian students don’t seem racially motivated, police say; groups protest Downtown
Authorities have said a pair of alleged attacks against Asian UW-Madison students on campus and Downtown do not appear to be racially motivated, despite a continuing outcry from Asian student groups who marched down State Street Friday afternoon to protest racist violence.
Madison police arrest 4 in connection to Downtown attack, authorities say
Four people, the youngest of whom is 15, were arrested in connection to at least one of the rash of attacks that took place Downtown and on the UW-Madison campus during the past two weeks, Madison police said.
Officer injured after drunken driver backs car into squad car, resists arrest, UW police say
AUW-Madison police officer was injured while arresting a driver and passenger in an OWI incident early Thursday morning, according to UW-Madison Police said.
UWPD: Driver backs into squad car during traffic stop before she, passenger try to fight officers
Two people were arrested and a police officer suffered a minor injury following a traffic stop during which the vehicle’s occupants tried to fight officers, the UW-Madison Police Department said Thursday.
UWPD officer injured in traffic stop, two arrested
Around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, the department said an officer attempted to stop a vehicle at the intersection of East Gorham St. and Pinckney St.
UW-Madison ‘deeply concerned’ by reports of violence against AAPI, Desi American students
The University of Wisconsin Madison says that it is “deeply concerned” after receiving reports of violence and aggression against students from Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi American communities.
Asian UW-Madison student assaulted near University Avenue Tuesday
An Asian man was assaulted on one of Madison’s busiest streets – off University Avenue near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus – on Tuesday.
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One particularly egregious example of trainee abuse that did create national outcry spanned more than two decades in the engineering department at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The faculty member in this case was well-known for verbally berating his students and humiliating them in front of their peers. His shouting reverberated down the hall into other labs and faculty offices, but little was done to call out the perpetrator until John Brady, a graduate student in this PI’s lab, tragically ended his own life because of the relentless abuse.
Tip leads to recovery of Union Terrace chair stolen in 1978, UW-Madison police say
A tip led to the recovery of a Memorial Union Terrace chair stolen in 1978, UW-Madison police said.
Man found guilty of killing a University of Wisconsin physician and her husband
A man has been found guilty of fatally shooting a University of Wisconsin physician and her husband, who were the parents of his girlfriend, and leaving their bodies at the school’s arboretum.
Carpet cleaning van pumped carbon monoxide into apartments near UW campus, authorities say
Residents evacuated from an apartment complex near UW’s campus Monday afternoon after a carpet cleaning van left running outside pumped potentially lethal levels of carbon monoxide into the building, the Madison Fire Department said.
Man convicted of killing couple, leaving bodies at arboretum
A man has been found guilty of fatally shooting a University of Wisconsin physician and her husband, who were the parents of his girlfriend, and leaving their bodies at the school’s arboretum.
Khari Sanford convicted in UW Arboretum killings
The jury has found Khari Sanford guilty Monday in the killings of Robin Carre and Dr. Beth Potter, who were kidnapped and shot in the UW Arboretum over two years ago.
First responders come together at UW hospital for honor guard escort
The university’s police department alerted people that they would see the emergency vehicles, including members from its department and other area police departments, in the area through approximately 10:30 a.m.
17-year-old charged in alleged UW-Madison dorm sex assault
A17-year-old from outside Green Bay was charged Monday with raping a woman in a UW-Madison dorm after a night of drinking last month.
UWPD searching for victims of reported fondlings
The department stated in an alert to the campus community that the university has received multiple reports of the crime involving the same suspect, who allegedly fondled victims without consent.
UW receives multiple sexual assault cases in past week involving same offender
All cases fourth degree sexual assault, involve same offender.
James Cromwell sticks it to Starbucks by gluing his hand to shop counter in protest
In 2013, Cromwell was detained for disorderly conduct after bursting into a University of Wisconsin-Madison board meeting to protest what he believed was cat torture at the university.
Man charged in robberies near UW campus stole less than $250, complaint alleges
Scott C. Tolliver, 42, of Madison, is charged with two counts of armed robbery, two counts of felony bail jumping and two counts of disorderly conduct.
Madison building inspector suspects water damage contributed to Mifflin porch collapse
While an investigation into what caused a porch to collapse at the Mifflin Street Block Party Saturday is ongoing, a housing inspection supervisor with the city suspects water damage to a structural beam played a part.
Rotted beam concealed by metal cladding caused Mifflin Street balcony collapse
Madison officials believe a rotted front beam covered by metal cladding 35 years ago likely caused a second-story balcony collapse that injured three revelers during the Mifflin Street Block Party on Saturday.
45 arrested, several thousand attend Mifflin St. block party
There were no new details in the incident report filed about the second-story porch collapsing that injured three people. Two were transferred to the hospital. Neither suffered life-threatening injuries. The investigation is still ongoing at this time as to what caused the porch to collapse.
Three injured, two hospitalized in porch collapse at Mifflin Street home
Madison Police officials said an investigation into the collapse is ongoing. Officials said people had gathered at homes in the area for a block party that is not a city-sanctioned event.
Balcony collapses during Mifflin Street Block Party
“It fell really slow, but there were people’s heads bleeding afterward. It was pretty crazy,” Chojnacki said. “Someone was holding on for dear life, they held on for like five minutes but the cops told him to come down.”
Balcony collapses due to rotting wood during Mifflin Street Block Party, sending 2 to hospital
Rotting wood that was covered up with metal panels — and therefore missed by city inspectors in a safety check — caused a second-story balcony to collapse Saturday during the Mifflin Street Block Party, sending two people to the hospital after about a dozen revelers plummeted 15 feet to the ground, according to a City Council member and police.
Madison police issue Mifflin St. Block Party reminders, don’t mention COVID-19
For the first time in three years, the cloud of COVID-19 will not loom as heavily over University of Wisconsin students when they gather along Mifflin Street to celebrate the end of another school year – and the Madison Police Dept. is already preparing for this year’s Block Party.
After Madison City Council vote, still more hurdles for test of police body-worn cameras
UW-Madison law professor Keith Findley, who co-chaired the citizen committee that came up with recommendations for implementing a body-cam program, called the council’s decision “the right way to proceed.”
Madison police arrest man for 2 armed robberies near UW-Madison campus
Scott C. Tolliver, 42, of Madison, has been tentatively charged with two counts of armed robbery for allegedly displaying a gun and demanding money from a McDonald’s and then a Walgreens a few hours later, Madison police spokesperson Stephanie Fryer said in a statement.
Police arrest suspect accused in pair of downtown Madison armed robberies
The first robbery happened around 5:30 p.m. Friday at a McDonald’s restaurant on the 1100 block of Regent Street.
UWPD wants to reform police fitness standards, increase female recruits
UWPD says 25 percent of its sworn staff are female. While it is higher than the national average of 12.5 percent, Chief Kristen Roman said that is “not a good enough number.”
Madison police make arrest in armed robberies near UW-Madison campus
The robberies, which happened last Friday evening, prompted university officials to send out an alert asking the public to avoid the area. The suspect has since been identified as a 42-year-old man.
Suspect arrested in connection with armed robberies at McDonalds, East Campus Mall
Scott C. Tolliver was arrested on charges of armed robbery, felony bail jumping.
Green Bay teen faces charges for sexual assault in UW-Madison residence hall
The suspect, Riley Jensen, is from Green Bay, Wis. Jensen was booked into Dane County Jail and is currently awaiting charges.
Green Bay man arrested for sexual assault in UW residence hall
Jensen has no affiliated with UW, according to UWPD.
UW students react to Friday night’s armed robberies
The Madison Police Department continues investigating a pair of armed robberies around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Friday night. As the police search for answers, students on campus share what the weekend was like following the two incidents.
Former UW football star Quintez Cephus and woman who accused him of sexual assault both sue university over handling of case
Four years after a sexual assault scandal shook the University of Wisconsin-Madison, some of the key players have moved on with their careers.
One construction worker injured in fire at Camp Randall Stadium
One construction worker was injured after a fire broke out at Camp Randall Stadium on Wednesday morning, according to University of Wisconsin officials.
Person taken to hospital with burns after fire at Camp Randall Stadium, authorities say
A worker was taken to University Hospital with burns after a fire Wednesday morning in an area under construction at Camp Randall Stadium, authorities said.
Subcontractor hospitalized following fire at Camp Randall
The fire involved roofing solvent material and was extinguished by non-emergency personnel at the scene before the Madison Fire Department arrived, according to a statement from UW Athletics.
Middleton police officer helps save life of UW exchange student
A Middleton police officer’s training — and being in the right place at the right time — are being credited with saving the life of a UW-Madison exchange student.