Category: Events

    • Tisha Schuller: Deescalating the Energy Wars

      Tisha Schuller consults private clients from Fortune 500 energy companies to non-profit environmental organizations in energy policy, business strategy, politics, and community engagement. She also serves as the Strategic Advisor…

    • 71st Annual United Nations Day Luncheon

      Join the UNA-USA Dane County for the 71st Annual United Nations Day Luncheon.

    • Zika: An Epidemic in Context

      Zika has been making headlines since 2016, when it exploded on the scene in Latin America. With the appearance of Zika in the southern U.S., Zika has become an even…

    • Practical Approaches to Inherited Diseases conference

      Free conference on Saturday, October 22 from 9:15am to 5:00pm designed for clinicians, health care workers, midwives, therapists, educators, and administrators who serve the Plain communities in Wisconsin. Topics include:  Newborn…

    • Growing Global Science

      As scientists continue to tackle world problems, such as climate change and infectious disease, the role of regional expertise becomes more vital to progress. Join the Wisconsin Science Festival on…

    • WISCONSIN ECOLOGY FALL SYMPOSIUM

      Wisconsin Ecology is the umbrella organization for all ecologists at UW-Madison. Join them Thursday, Oct. 13 and Friday, Oct 14 for their 22nd annual symposium, featuring keynote speaker Dr. David Blehert and…

    • Hilldale Lecture: Reversing Climate Change Economically

      Noted astrophysicist Frank Shu, a professor emeritus of astronomy at the University of California, will talk about reversing climate change economically at the October 12 Hilldale Lecture in in the…

    • Global Health Field Course Fair

      Interested in learning about how to work with communities to improve the health of people, animals and the environment without practicing medicine? Maybe you would like to connect with communities…

    • Population Health Sciences Seminar: Where Does the Neighborhood Go?

      Joshua P. Garoon, Ph.D., MPH, an assistant professor of community and environment sociology in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, looks at the historic and geographic factors that contribute…

    • Wisconsin Symposium on Feminist Biology

      The Center for Research on Gender & Women and the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies are hosting a day of presentations about female-presence in the field. Registration required—only $15 for…

    • Mosquitoes, weather and West Nile virus

      Marilyn O’Hara Ruiz’s research focuses on developing and applying geographic information to determine how environmental conditions and changes in the environment over time affect the health of ecosystems and disease…

    • Zika Virus Emergence in the Americas: The UW-Madison Response

      Matthew T. Aliota, PhD, is an Associate Scientist in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at UW-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine. He will be presenting on Zika Virus and UW’s research. During the event, you…

    • Third Annual Sustain-A-Bash

      Join We Conserve, the Office of Sustainability and UW Housing in celebration of sustainable living on the Gordon Commons lawn!  Event info here.

    • Are Ebola and ‘One Health’ approach in cahoots?

      Rob Wallace, an evolutionary biologist visiting the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota, kicks off a new programming series for UW-Madison’s African Studies program. He will discuss…

    • Zika Virus – A Perspective from Brazil

      Presented as part of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine’s Seminar Series, Dr. Esper Kallas will discuss the Zika Virus. Esper G. Kallas, M.D., Ph.D., is an Infectious Diseases Specialist…

    • Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture

      Viviana Krsticevic, executive director of the Center for Justice and International Law in Washington, D.C., delivers the annual Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture. She will discuss “Judging and…

    • Africa at Noon: Jonathan Patz and Jason Vargo

      Global Health Institute Director Jonathan Patz and Assistant Scientist Jason Vargo will discuss their work in Ethiopia with the Bikable Bahir Dar initiative.

    • Global Health Tuesday: Resident Experiences on the Navajo Reservation

      Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Gallup Indian Medical Center developed a partnership for medical resident electives on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. Stephen Warrick, MD, MEd, FAAP,…