University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Education

Addressing our biggest challenges — and mysteries — at the Wisconsin Science Festival

Among the hundreds of events offered during the Wisconsin Science Festiva, four in-depth discussions in Madison on some of the most significant challenges science is addressing — and universal questions science is answering.

New funding opportunity supports research into contemporary social problems

Next spring, the OVCRGE will award two-year grants for research with implications for tackling contemporary social problems in order to promote economic prosperity, enhance social and psychological well-being and improve health outcomes in the United States.

GHI Associate Director Lori DiPrete Brown shares her global experience in new book, a webinar and a seminar

October 30: GHI Associate Director Lori DiPrete Brown will give a Global Health Tuesday talk about the future directors of global health education and UW-Madison's role.

Strength in Community: GHI issues its 2017-2018 annual report

"Across campus and the planet, we work together to tackle health challenges," GHI Director Jonathan Patz writes in the report's introduction. "Together, we are working toward a more just, sustainable, and healthy world."

UW’s health science community hosting series of talks dedicated to improving conversation around equity, diversity

Co-sponsored by the School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Public Health, and School of Veterinary Medicine, the Lunch and Learn Series is free and open to all health science faculty, staff and students. 

Vaccine opt-outs dropped — barely — when California added more hurdles

New research out of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Applied Population Laboratory reveals that the law reduced the proportion of unvaccinated children entering kindergarten in California — but that reduction was modest. Following the passage of AB-2109, the exemption rate dropped from its peak of 3.3 percent of kindergarteners to 2.7 percent in each of the following two years.

Work with GHI: Apply now for a research intern position

The Initiative for Health-Oriented Transportation (HOT) is recruiting an individual to assist HOT in its role as a partner in a global research program funded by the Wellcome Trust which is focused on improving human health and the environment through smart and sustainable urban development.

2018 Undergraduate Global Health Field Course Fair

The fair is September 25 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Northwoods room on the third floor of Union South. More than 20 short, small-group field courses for next year in Wisconsin and across the world will be showcased.

Wisconsin Healthiest State Summit

The summit is an effort of the Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) Group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Population Health Institute. It will be held at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin on September 20-21.

UW-Madison International and Area Studies Centers awarded $4 million in federal grants

Eight area and international studies centers will receive $4 million in federal Title VI grants for the 2018-19 academic year under the National Resource Centers (NRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships programs, administered by the U.S. Department of Education.