Interested in learning about how to improve the health of people, all life and the environment without necessarily practicing medicine? Would you like to know what makes people healthy in different communities—and learn from different cultures and experts around the world about the determinants of health? Are you wondering how to complete the field course …
Please join the UW IRIS for the first annual Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) international film series! As part of this year’s International Education Week programming, IRIS along with its regional centers and the International Division, will be showing a series of international films. Several of the selected films have a UW-Madison connection (faculty, students …
Lori DiPrete Brown, GHI associate director for Education and Engagement, has spent decades collaborating to bring the principles of quality improvement to underserved communities and organizations to improve health and well-being for all. She advocates for a culture of quality and documentable progress. She is director of the annual GHI Quality Improvement Leadership Institute, and …
GHI Advisory Committee member Paul J. Block, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering, discusses a model to help predict the potential for cyanobacteria biomass and beach closings during the summer season.
Meet alumni who transformed their interest in the continent into a substantial career! Join the African Studies Program for a round-table networking event with alumni whose Africa-focused careers range from global health to corporate law to the Foreign Service. Pizza will be provided! The event also features Ambassador John E. Lange, a member of the …
Carolyn Finney, Ph.D. is a writer, performer and cultural geographer. As a professor in geography at the University of Kentucky, she is deeply interested in issues related to identity, difference, creativity and resilience. In particular, she explores how issues of difference impact participation in decision-making processes designed to address environmental issues. More broadly, she likes …
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute is a community builder and catalyst that pulls together colleagues from across campus and communities across the world to tackle today’s health challenges. We also help educate tomorrow’s global health leaders and scholars. More than 1,000 students have earned global health certificates and hundreds have participated in field …
Tracey Holloway, member of the GHI Advisory Committee, Holly Gibbs, Mutlu Ozdogan and Chris Kucharik will present brief reports on their current research in sustainability science.
The phrase “America’s Dairyland” brings often brings to mind images of cows munching on green grass, a farmer heading out to chop hay, or a nice plate of artisan cheese. You might not immediately picture the people milking the cows, baling the hay, or working in the cheese plants. In …