Join Bob Lindmeier, Chief Meteorologist at WKOW-TV, to learn about the critical distinctions between weather and the effect of climate change on weather trends and patterns in south central Wisconsin. Lindmeier will also assess why combating climate change is important to health and healthcare. If you’d like to learn more about Sustainability at UW Health, …
This year, we will feature a presentation by Tom Cherpes of the Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University. Cherpes received his DVM from the University of Wisconsin in 1989. After give years in practice, he enrolled in the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and received his MD in 1998. He completed clinical and research …
We are pleased to host Dr. Julian Olden, a Professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, as keynote speaker at the Wisconsin Ecology Fall Symposium on October 11 & 12, 2017. Dr. Olden’s research program spans multiple levels of biological organization and modes of inquiry to advance …
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture would like to invite you to a special guest lecture, “Building green infrastructure in the US: a framework for sustainable growth,” by Hugh Keegan. Hugh is currently the manager of ESRI’s applications prototype lab, a group working at ESRI’s headquarters in Redlands, California. The group …
Exponential changes of the human-dominated age bring great challenges for the contribution of science to society. Successful transition to any form of sustainability in climate, food, water, energy, finance, and health, if done at scale, will require rapid increases in integrated science; timely, co-designed knowledge, and focused innovation. Current structures are not well equipped to …
Tentative Speaker Schedule News from the CDC One Health Office Casey Barton Behravesh Director, One Health Office Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CBartonBehravesh@cdc.gov Gastroenteritis among Workers with Animal Exposure: 2 Recent Studies Sara E. Luckhaupt, MD, MPH CDR, US Public Health Service Team Leader, Surveillance Branch Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, & Field Studies …
The International Dairy Short Course celebrates its 20th year of education this October. The 2017 dairy course will feature farm visits, hands-on workshops and lectures from top-ranked professors and dairy producers. The three-day course will cover a wide variety of applicable topics including dairy management, reproduction, nutrition, milk quality and maximizing profitability. INCLUDES *6 lectures …
In the face of global warming, energy sustainability transitions are needed on a large scale. Technologically speaking, this involves shifts away from fossil fuels to renewable, low emission sources of energy. Notwithstanding considerable technological, economic and political challenges in making such transitions, it is also vital that the public is constructively engaged. Energy citizenship goes …
Full presentation below: Nutrient loading from wastewater effluent and agricultural runoff can cause eutrophication and proliferation of toxin-producing cyanobacteria. Like many lakes, Africa’s Lake Victoria provides food, drinking water, and a source of livelihood for surrounding communities in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. These ecosystem services, however, are impacted negatively by increased resource demands, eutrophication, and …
The One Health Forum kicks off its fall programming from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, September 22, with an overview and updates in One Health. Watch Wisconsin One Health Forum on Facebook for place information. Kurt Sladky, professor and section head of zoological medicine and surgical sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine, moderates a …