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University of Wisconsin - Madison

Location: Madison, WI 53706

Website: http://www.wisc.edu

Speech Code Rating

University of Wisconsin - Madison has been given a speech code rating of Red. You may read more about this institution's speech codes at this page.

FIRE Cases at University of Wisconsin - Madison

• University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire: Ban on RAs’ Leading Bible Studies
• Mohammed Cartoon Controversy: FIRE Response to Intimidation and Newspaper Disputes
• University of Wisconsin - Madison: Cancellation of Antiwar Event
• University of Wisconsin: Students' Due Process Rights

Recent Media Coverage of University of Wisconsin - Madison

• UW regents to consider revised changes to student conduct code , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 3, 2009
• UW System conduct code revisions still need tweaking , Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal, May 7, 2009
• UW Regents consider conduct code changes, Today's TMJ4, May 6, 2009
• Code of conduct change threat to student rights, The Daily Cardinal, March 6, 2009
• Possible changes to UW code of conduct debated, The Daily Cardinal, March 5, 2009
• Student leaders weigh in on code change proposal, The Badger Herald, March 5, 2009
• Restrictive policies under FIRE, The Spectator, March 5, 2007
• Objectivists host panel on Danish cartoons, Chicago Maroon, November 30, 2006
• Wis. Provost Will Review Teaching of Instructor With Controversial 9/11 Views, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 14, 2006
• When Speech Becomes a Crime, San Francisco Chronicle, June 28, 2006
• U.S. media response to cartoons skewered, Chicago Tribune, April 26, 2006

Posts to The Torch About University of Wisconsin - Madison

• University of Wisconsin-Madison To Pay $500,000 for Violating Religious Student Group's First Amendment Rights, September 26, 2011
• Why Academic Freedom is Implicated by the Wisconsin GOP's Open Records Request, March 29, 2011
• Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Seventh Circuit Decision Protecting First Amendment Rights of Religious Student Organizations, March 8, 2011
• Seventh Circuit: UW-Madison Cannot Refuse Religious Student Groups Funding on Basis of Religious Viewpoint, September 3, 2010
• Victory for Free Speech at University of Wisconsin: Antiwar Panel to Be Held Tonight, April 26, 2010
• Is Nothing Sacred? Comedy Central Joins Many Universities in Caving to Threats of Violence for Depictions of Mohammed, April 23, 2010
• This Month in FIRE History: Religious Liberty Vindicated Across University of Wisconsin System, March 31, 2010
• Don Downs on UW-Madison Newspaper's Internet-Age Free Speech Dilemma, March 25, 2010
• New Due Process Rules Finally Hit University of Wisconsin, September 10, 2009
• Wisconsin Students’ Right to Legal Representation Diminished in Ambiguous New Draft of Conduct Code, June 4, 2009
• Victory for Student Rights in Wisconsin: Regents to Restore Basic Due Process Rights Including a Hearing by Peers and Attorney Representation, May 6, 2009
• Angry Wisconsin Dean Resents Fair Procedures for Students, May 6, 2009
• Adam’s Lecture at the University of Wisconsin Uploaded to Podcasts Page, March 16, 2009