Institution
University of Wisconsin-Madison
UW-MadisonWIPublic R1WiscAlert~49,000 students
- Cases
- 17
- Alerts
- 37
- Verbatim
- 89%
- Span
- 1993–2026
Official alert policy
How UW-Madison says it will alert: when and how WiscAlerts activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
17 cases · 33 of 37 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- shots fired: 2026-08-30Shots fired near the 400 block of N Frances Streetemergency notificationverbatim
- facility: 2026-07-20Campus cooling issuesadvisoryverbatim
- facility: 2026-07-13Wisconsin madison july campus coolingadvisoryverbatim
- facility: 2026-07-06campus cooling update (cooling update)advisoryverbatim
- facility: 2026-06-30campus cooling updateadvisoryverbatim
- facility: 2026-06-28Update: Important details regarding campus cooling issuesadvisoryverbatim
- facility: 2026-06-26Campus building cooling issues: Update and responseadvisoryverbatim
- police activity: 2026-03-23Suspicious item near Picnic Point then scene clearedemergency notificationverbatim
2025
2024
2023
By incident type