Fall 2019 Incidents

UW-Madison understands the tremendously negative impact bias or hate incidents can have on individuals and communities. This report provides a summary of incidents reported through the bias reporting process from September 2019 through December 2019.

Previous semester logs are also available for review.

Fall 2019 Incidents

Number	Date of Report	Date of Incident	Location	Type	Targeted Identity	Request for Contact	Action Taken
1	03/09/2019	03/09/2019	On-Campus	Microagression, Written (not vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Disabiltiy, Gender, Political Affiliation, Socioeconomic Status	No	A student submitted a report documenting disability, gender, political affiliation, and socioeconomic status bias in the form of anonymous graffiti. Acknowledged receipt of report. Support meeting offered. Case Closed.
2	03/09/2019	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression	Race/Ethnicity, National Origin	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity and national origin bias by a UW employee. Acknowledged receipt of report. Support meeting held by housing staff. Case Closed.
3	06/09/2019	05/09/2019	Online/Social Media	Written (not vandalism), Online	Political Affiliation	No	A graduate student submitted a report documenting political affiliation bias by an anonymous person. Acknowledged receipt of report. Support meeting offered. Student connecting with UWPD and department. Case closed
4	10/09/2019	08/09/2019	Online/Social Media	Written (not vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident), Online	Race/Ethnicity, National Origin, Politcal Affiliation	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity, national origin, and political affiliaiton by an anonymous member of an online chat room.Acknowledged receipt of report. Support meeting held. Follow up meeting held with student org executives. Case Closed.
5	11/09/2019	11/09/2019	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening)	Gender Identity/Expression	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting gender identity/expression bias by a professor. Acknowledged receipt of report. Support meeting offered. Information share with provost office. Educational conversation held with faculty. Update shared with student who reported. Case Closed.
6	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Written (vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Race/Ethnicity, Religion	No	A House Fellow submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity and religion bias in the form of anonymous vandalism. Acknowledged receipt of report. Support meeting offered and declined. Letter sent to community and UW Hillel notified. Case Closed.
7	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Race/Ethnicity	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ehtnicity bias by a professor. Acknowledged receipt of report. Support meeting held with student. Shared report with the provost office. Educational conversation held with faculty. Case Closed.
8	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Written (not vandalism)	Sexual Orientation	Yes	A graduate student submitted a report documenting sexual orientation bias by another student. Acknowledged receipt of report. Support meeting held. Educational conversation held. Restorative justice circle held. Case Closed.
9	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	Online/Social Media	Written (not vandalism), Online	Race/Ethnicity, National Origin	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity and national origin bias by a faculty member. Acknowledged receipt of report. Shared with provost office. Department chair had follow up converstaion with faculty. Case Closed.
10	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Written (not vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Gender	Yes	A parent submitted a report documenting gender bias via a sign hanging on an apartment building. Acknowledged receipt of report. Educaitonal conversation had with 7 resident students. Case closed.
11	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	Online/Social Media (Facebook)	Public Space (multiple people can witness incident), Online	Race/Ethnicity	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias by a UW-Madison student organization. Acknowledged receipt of report. Support meeting offered. UCOMM and WAA statements published. Case Closed.
12	02/10/2019	02/10/2019	On-Campus	Written (vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Gender, Gender Identity/Expression	No	An anonymous person submitted a report documenting gender and gender identity/expression bias in the form of written vadalism. Contacted UWPD to gather photos. Contacted physical plant to have signed removed. Case closed.
13	07/10/2019	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening), Written (not vandalism), Online	Gender, National Origin, Socioeconomic Status	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting gender, national origin, and socioeconomic status bias by another UW-Madison student. Acknowledged receipt of report. Support meeting held. Case Closed.
14	08/10/2019	08/10/2019	Online/Social Media	Microagression,Written (not-vandalism), Online	Gender, Gender Identity/Expression	No	A student submitted a report documenting gender and gender identiy/expression bias by a professor. Report shared with office of the Provost. Case closed.
15	12/10/2019	12/10/2019	Online/Social Media	Microagression. Online	Race/Ethnicity	No	A community member submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias by UWPD. UWPD responded with campus message. Case Closed.
15	12/10/2019	12/10/2019	Online/Social Media	Microagression. Online	Race/Ethnicity	No	A community member submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias by UWPD. UWPD responded with campus message. Case Closed.
16	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression, Written (vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Race/Ethnicity, National Origin	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity and national origin bias in the form of vandalism. Support meeting offered. Ucomm statement made. Case Closed.
16	01/01/1970	10/19/2025	On-Campus	Microagression, Written (vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Race/Ethnicity	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias in the form of vandalism. Support meeting offered. Ucomm statement made.Case Closed.
16	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Written (vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Race/Ethnicity	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias in the form of vandalism. Support meeting offered. Ucomm statement made.Case Closed.
17	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression	Religion	No	A student submitted a report documenting religion bias by two other students. Support meeting offered. Follow up sent to faculty, faculty addressed class. Case Closed.
18	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression, Written (not vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Disability	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting disability bias by another student. Support meeting offered. Shared with provost office. Case Closed.
19	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression, Written (not vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Gender, Gender Identity/Expression, Poitical Affiliation, Sexual Orientation	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting gender, gender identity/expression, political affiliation, and sexual orientation bias in the form of signs posted by a student organization. Support meeting held with student. Case Closed.
20	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Verbal (non-threatening)	Gender	No	A student submitted a report documenting gender bias by another student. Support meeting held. Case Closed.
21	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Verbal (non-threatening)	Disability, Gender	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting disability and gender bias by a faculty member. Support meeting held. Educational conversation held with faculty. Case Closed.
22	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (threatening), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Age, Disability, Gender	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting age, disability, and gender bias by a faculty member.Support meeting held. Educational conversation held with faculty. Case Closed.
23	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Verbal (non-threatening)	Race/Ethnicity	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias by a community member in an on-campus building. Support meeting held. Follow up with department chair and UWPD for video footage. Case Closed.
24	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Written (vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Gender Identity/Expression	No	A student submitted a report documenting gender identity/expression bias in the form of an anonymously posted sign. Support meeting offered. Report shared with physical plant to remove signage. Student wokring with GSCC on additional signage. Case Closed.
25	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression, Online	Race/Ethnicity, Gender	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity and gender bias by a faculty member. Support meeting held. Meeting held with Office of the Provost and Associate Dean in School. Memo created and shared with department chair. Two course observatiosn completed. Educational conversation offered to facutly by department. Case Closed.
26	01/01/1970	09/05/2018	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening), Verbal (threatening), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Gender Identity/Expression	No	A student submitted a report documenting gender identity/expression bias by a faculty member. Support meeting held. Report shared with office of the provost. Meeting held with Office of the Provost and Dept Chair. College review in progress and will be handled at college level. Case Closed.
27	01/11/2019	05/09/2019	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening)	Disability	No	A student submitted a report documenting disability bias by a faculty member. Support meeting held. Meeting held with Office of the Provost and educaitonal conversation with faculty. Case Closed.
28	04/11/2019	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Age, Race/Ethnicity, Gender	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting age, race/ethnicity, and gender bias by a faculty member. Support meeting held with student. Shared with office of the provost. Educational conversations with faculty. Case Closed.
29	05/11/2019	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening)	Race/Ethnicity	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias by two other students. Housing held support meeting with student and is exploring a priority move. Case pending.
30	06/11/2019	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening)	Gender, Gender Identity/Expression, Political Affiliation	No	A student submitted a report documenting gender, gender identity/expression and political affiliation bias by a faculty member.Support meeting offered. Case Closed.
31	07/11/2019	07/11/2019	On-Campus	Microagression, Written (vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Sexual Orientation	Yes	A staff member submitted a report documenting sexual orientation bias in the form of an anonymously posted sticker. Acknowledged report and followed up with staff member. Case Closed.
32	11/11/2019	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Verbal (non-threatening)	Age, Gemder	No	A student submitted a report documenting age and and gender bias by a faculty member. Shared with office of the Provost. College of Engineering handled case. Case Closed.
33	11/11/2019	11/11/2019	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening), Written (not vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident), Online	Political Affiliation, Veteran Status	Yes	A student submitted a report documeting political affiliation and veteran status bias by a faculty member. Support meeting offered. Support meeting declined. Case Closed.
34	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Written (vandalism)	Race/Ethnicity, Political Affiliation, Religion	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity, political affiliation, and religion bias in the form of anonymous vandalism. Response sent to housing. Case Closed.
35	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening)	Gender, Gender Identity/Expression, Sexual Orientation	No	A anonymous student submitted a report documenting gender, gender identity/expression, and sexual orientation bias by another student. Unknown reported. Unable to follow up. Case Closed.
36	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Verbal (threatening), Written (not vandalism)	Age, Race/Ethnicity	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting age and race/ethnicity bias by a faculty member. Support meeting held. Student working with department admin. Case Closed.
37	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Written (vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Race/Ethnicity	No	A staff member submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias in the form of anonymous graffiti. Contacted physical plant and graffiti was removed. Case Closed.
38	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	Online/Social Media	Microagression	Race/Ethnicity	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias by a staff member. Acknowledged report. Support meeting held. Resotrative converssation offered. Educaitonal conversation held. Case Closed.
39	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	Online/Social Media	Microagression, Written (not vandalism), Online	Gender. Gender Identity/Expression	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting gender and gender identiy/expression bias by an administrator. Acknowledged report. Educational conversation held. Support meeting held. Restoriative circle held. Case closed.
40	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression	Race/Ethnicity	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias by another student. Case handled in housing as an HR matter. Support meeting offered and declined. Case Closed.
41	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Written (not vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Unknown	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting bias against an unknown identity category in the form of signs posted on campus. Acknowledged report. Support meeting offered. Student did not repsond. Case Closed.
42	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression,Written (not-vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident), Online	Disability, Race/Ethnicity	Yes	A student submitted a reports documenting disability and race/ethicity bias by a faculty member. Acknowledged report. Support meeting held. Shared with Office of the Provost. Meeting held with provost office and dean of area. Eduational conversation with faculty held. Case Closed.
43	01/12/2019	01/01/1970	Online/Social Media	Online	Political Affiliation, Religion	No	An anonymous student submittted a report documenting political affiliation and religion bias by a teching assistant. Shared report with fauclty and provost office. Case Closed.
44	02/12/2019	01/12/2019	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening), Verbal (threatening), Written (not vandalism), Written (vandalism), Online	Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status bias by other students. Support meeting held with student. Determined this was non bias. Case Closed
45	02/12/2019	11/09/2019	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening), Verbal (threatening), Written (not vandalism), Written (vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident), Online	Age, Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting age, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status bias by another student. Support meeting held with student. Determined this was non bias. Case Closed
46	03/12/2019	02/12/2019	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (threatening), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident), Online	Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Gender Identity/Expression	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity, gender, and gender identity/expression bias by UW-Madison's Housing department. Acknowledged report. Support meeting offered. Support meeting declined. Case Closed.
46	03/12/2019	02/12/2019	On-Campus	Verbal (threatening), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Age, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Gender Identity/Expression, Sexual Orientation	No	A student submitted a report documenting age, race/ethnicity, gender, gender identity/expression, and sexual orientation bias by UW-Madison's Housing department. Acknowledged report. Support meeting offered. Student did not repsond. Case Closed.
46	04/12/2019	02/12/2019	On-Campus	Verbal (non-threatening), Written (not vandalism), Online	Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Gender Identity/Expression	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity, gender, and gender identity/expression bias by UW-Madison's Housing department. Acknowledged report. Support meeting offered. Student did not repsond. Case Closed.
47	04/12/2019	01/01/1970	On-Campus	Microagression	Race/Ethnicity, Religion	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity and religion bias by a staff member. Acknowledged report and support meeting held. Department working with DoSO to create expectations document. Case Closed.
48	04/12/2019	04/12/2019	On-Campus	Microagression	Disability, Gender	No	An anonymous student submitted a report documenting disability and gender bias by other students. Educational conversation offered to respondents. Converssation declined. Case Closed.
49	04/12/2019	04/12/2019	On-Campus	Microaggression, Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Race/Ethnicity	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias in the form of anonymous vandalism. Report was shared with housing. Housing following up with students and impcated community. Community letter shared. Case Closed.
50	06/12/2019	06/12/2019	On-Campus	Microaggression, Public Space (multiple people can witness incident), Written (vandalism)	Race/Ethnicity, Gender	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity and gender bias in the form of anonymous vandalism. Notified buidling manager. Flyer was removed. Case closed.
51	06/12/2019	06/12/2019	On-Campus	Written (vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Gender Identity/Expression	No	A staff member submitted a report documenting gender identity/expression bias in the form of anonymous vandalism. Acknowledged report. Office working with UWPD and GSCC to address the incident. Case Closed.
52	09/12/2019	08/12/2019	On-Campus	Written (not vandalism), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Race/Ethnicity, Political Affiliation	No	An administrator submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity and political affiliation bias in the form of anonymous vandalism. Director of department removed signage, notice was created and posted. Case closed.
53	10/12/2019	01/01/1970	off-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (threatening)	Race/Ethnicity	No	A student submitted a report documenting race/ethnicity bias by another student. Support meeting offered. Case Pending.
54	10/12/2019	03/12/2019	Unknown	Microagression	Disability	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting disability bias by another student on a student organization. Support meeting held. Case Closed.
55	01/01/1970	04/12/2018	Unknown	Unknown	Disability	Yes	A non-student submitted a report requesting contact from the Dean of Students office regarding disability bia . Report was shared with UWPD. Case Closed.
56	01/01/1970	11/12/2019	On-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening), Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Race/Ethnicity, National Origin	No	A staff member submitted a report on behalf of a student documenting race/ethnicity and national origin bias by another student. Support meeting offered. Working with program to have follow up conversation with student. Case Pending.
57	01/01/1970	01/01/1970	off-Campus	Microagression, Verbal (non-threatening), Written (not vandalism), Online	Disability	Yes	A student submitted a report documenting diability bias by a faculty member. Support meeting held with students. Information shared with provost office. Educaitonal conversation with fauclty in progress. Case Pending.
58	01/01/1970	07/11/2019	On-Campus	Microagression, Public Space (multiple people can witness incident)	Gender Identity/Expression	No	An anonymous individual submitted a report documenting gender identity/expression bias by a TA. Contacted department chair to share report. Follow up conversation had with TA. Case Closed.