UW-Milwaukee Releases Sexual Assault, Harassment Complaints

UW-Milwaukee released sexual assault and sexual harassment complaints against faculty and staff from 2013 to present, with cases running the gamut from a teaching assistant allegedly giving students nicknames such as “nipples” and “blondie” to a sexual assault case where the office was not able to find evidence of investigatory findings.

In the latter case, an UWM official whose name is redacted asked for UW-Milwaukee’s Office of Equity and Diversity Services’ assistance in investigating a sexual assault allegation which was made against a professor by a student at a different university. The student alleged the misconduct occurred during a research project, documents show. The other university is not named.  The request for an investigation was made in 2013, but the files released by UWM contain a 2018 letter from Jamie Cimpl-Wiemer, interim director for EDS, that indicates that a review showed “the file… does not contain a report or memorandum indicating the disposition of this matter, which you requested that EDS investigate via a letter to former EDS Director Francene Botts-Butler dated May 16, 2013.”

The letter then states that a review of the file was conducted in 2018 and Cimpl-Wiemer “concluded that there is insufficient evidence of a connection between the alleged incident which prompted your investigation request and (redacted) work (i.e., his teaching and research) at UWM to permit further investigation as EDS does not investigate conduct which is unrelated to a faculty member’s work at UWM. Thus, EDS is closing its investigation of this matter.”

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