Institution
University of Wisconsin-Madison
UW-MadisonWIPublic R1WiscAlert~50,000 students
- Cases
- 20
- Alerts
- 43
- Verbatim
- 19%
- Span
- 1967–2026
Official alert policy
How UW-Madison says it will alert — when and how WiscAlerts activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
20 cases · 8 of 43 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- civil unrest: 2026-04-25Six Guns and 37 Arrests: When the Mifflin Street Block Party Spilled Onto State Streetadvisory
- workplace violence: 2026-04-04A Foul-Tasting Sip: A UW-Madison Lab Scientist Allegedly Poisons a Promoted Coworker's Water Bottleadvisoryverbatim
- winter storm: 2026-01-23For Only the Second Time Since 2019, UW-Madison Calls Off Classes for the Coldemergency notification
2025
- shooting: 2025-10-03Frat-Row Brawl, One Gunshot, Two Injured: UWPD's Off-Campus Alert From the 200 Block of Langdonadvisory2 injured
- swatting: 2025-08-26UW-Madison Averts Panic: How Quick Camera Review Stopped a Swatting Call Before Alerts Went Outemergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2025-04-08"We Weren't Contacted": Chancellor Mnookin Tells Faculty Senate UW-Madison Learned of 13 SEVIS Terminations Only Through Daily Database Checksadvisory
- public health: 2025-02-07A Hepatitis A Case at Rheta's Market Reaches 4,000 Inboxesadvisory
2024
- shooting: 2024-06-09Rooftop Party at The Lux Turns Violent: 12 Injured in Mass Shooting Steps from Campusemergency notification12 injured
- civil unrest: 2024-05-01Skateboards and State Troopers: 34 Arrested as UWPD Dismantles Library Mall Encampment in 2 Hours -- Protesters Rebuild It by Noonadvisory5 injured
- aggravated assault: 2024-03-03Six Strangers, Two Punches, Zero Provocation: A Sunday Night Assault on Linden Drivetimely warningverbatim
By incident type