Articles by Jennifer Rick

UW-Milwaukee Releases Sexual Assault, Harassment Complaints

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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, […]

UW-Madison Releases Sexual Harassment, Assault Complaints

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Hugs from behind. A female student being called a “sexual animal.” Breast-groping. References to pole dancing and “sugar daddies.” An alleged sexual assault. Those are just a few of the accusations uncovered in a revealing set of documents released by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. UW-Madison paid out more than $500,000 to settle sexual harassment and […]

Details Describe Alleged Sexual Assaults, Harassment by UWM Staff

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New details obtained by Media Milwaukee show that UW-Milwaukee employees have been accused in complaints of allegations such as engaging in non-consensual sexual intercourse with a student, taking pictures of students’ “backsides,” making inappropriate sexual comments, and having a sexual relationship with a student and then giving the student a higher grade as a result. […]

UWM Profs, Staff Accused of Sexual Assault & Harassment But Details Hidden

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Thirty-seven professors and other staff members at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee were accused of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the past five years, but, despite the national attention on “silence breakers,” little is known about the complaints because the university has yet to comply with an open records request seeking details, a Media Milwaukee […]

For the Most Part, Students Remain Displaced From the Distress of National Tragedies

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Three weeks after a gunman killed 59 people at a concert in Las Vegas, many students have not internalized the deadliest shooting in recent U.S. history. Counselors are seeing more students coming in for general anxiety and depression, specifically in DACA and international students, rather than in direct correlation with the events in Las Vegas. […]