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Sexual assault reported in southeast campus residence hall

The incident occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and the victim and alleged offender knew each other.

Content warning: This story contains information about sexual assault.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a report of a sexual assault that occurred in a southeast campus residence hall on Tuesday.

The incident occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m., and the victim and alleged offender knew each other, according to a UW-Madison Crime Warning email sent Monday.

The incident was not reported to the UW-Madison Police Department, and there is not an active police investigation at this time.

Those with information or videos related to the assault can contact UWPD’s non-emergency line at (608) 264-2677. 

Student support and community resources are available via University Health Services’ crisis line at (608) 265-5600, option 9.

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Ella Hanley

Ella Hanley is the college news editor for The Daily Cardinal. She previously served as associate news editor and wrote for the city and state news desks. She is a fourth-year journalism and criminal justice student. She has written breaking news and in-depth on Trump administration funding cuts to UW-Madison and local Madison people and organizations. Her work reporting on Yung Gravy has been featured in the New York Times. Follow her on Twitter at @ellamhanley.


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