The Weston Roundtable is made possible by a generous donation from Mr. Roy F. Weston, a highly accomplished UW-Madison alumnus. Designed to promote a robust understanding of sustainability science, engineering and policy, these interactive lectures are co-sponsored by the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Office of …
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Finding equity for rural and urban communities REGISTER NOW Significant changes are underway in federal and state policy related to how we pay for and deliver healthcare. These policies affect everyone in the state, as do trends of an aging population and advances in technology. Furthermore, many Wisconsin residents are employed by hospitals, insurance companies, …
2016 GHI Seed Grant Recipient Peter McIntyre discusses his project on tracing the global scope of mercury contamination of inland subsistence fisheries, ecological patterns, health threats and source tracking. This project addresses an unrecognized facet of the cycle of poverty: contamination of food fish with neurotoxins. Mercury from global and local sources biomagnifies in fish, and …
2:15 – 3:15 PM Student Flash Talks 3:15 – 4:15 PM Poster Session and Reception 4:15-5:15 PM Keynote Address: Life and Death on a Remote Pacific Reef Kim Cobb, Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech At the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Kim Cobb holds positions as a Professor in the Department of Earth …
Presented as part of the Climate, People and the Environment Program, presented by the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research. Each semester the Climate, People, and the Environment Program hosts a weekly seminar featuring lectures by visiting speakers as well as presentations by CPEP faculty, scientists, and students. In some semesters the CPEP Seminar has a …
The Flagellants by artist Carl von Marr (1858–1936) makes an impact on viewers for its size, artistry, and subject matter. Though a bit gruesome, this narrative is undeniably compelling. This year’s Carl von Marr Day welcomes Dr. Caitlin Pepperell, a professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison and an infectious diseases physician and biologist who studies disease …
The field of Planetary Health has emerged in recent years, based on the notion that transgressing planetary limits—a hallmark of the now-defined Anthropocene Epoch that acknowledges human impact on the planet—is incompatible with continued human thriving. Professor Howard Frumkin, M.D., DrPH, an expert on the intersection between public health and the built environment, climate change, …
The Weston Roundtable is made possible by a generous donation from Mr. Roy F. Weston, a highly accomplished UW-Madison alumnus. Designed to promote a robust understanding of sustainability science, engineering and policy, these interactive lectures are co-sponsored by the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Office …