Join the Madison-Ainaro Sister City Alliance for the first annual Taste of Timor gala celebration. There will be fine cuisine cooked in Madison from recipes gathered across East Timor. Taste the best authentic gourmet dishes this side of Mount Ramelau and get the latest updates on solidarity partners in Ainaro. Cost: $25. Buy tickets here. For …
Meeting rescheduled to Friday, May 19. Stephanie Schauer, Ph.D., from the Wisconsin Immunization Program, will present “Mumps: The diagnostics are challenging and the epidemiology is interesting,” to the Infectious Disease Interest Group, a collaboration of human and animal health professional from the University of Wisconsin, state and federal agencies and private industry. Parking is available …
Learners from across the UW Health science disciplines will present posters of their QI projects for faculty, staff and all those interested. Posters will be judged by a group of QI experts at UW Health. Poster session will take place from 9am to 12pm in the HSLC Atrium. Keynote speech by Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, UW Health’s …
The 2017 Wisconsin Without Borders Awards Ceremony recognizes the work of students, faculty, staff and community partners that demonstrates excellence in collaboration between the university and local and global communities. Winners this year represent efforts spanning five countries. WWB is a partnership between the Morgridge Center for Public Service, the Global Health Institute and the International …
The world’s interconnected global markets, burgeoning appetites and an increasingly variable climate have already started to levy a heavy burden on our food systems that deliver safe, nutritious, and accessible food. The present famines in Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen serve as tragic reminders that our stunningly successful focus on increasing agricultural yields in …
Join Dr. Tom Green, Dr. Lyric Bartholomay, Dr. Christine Muganda and Jordan Madli for a conversation about tickborne disease. Johnny Uelman will moderate the discussion.
Join the Zoonoses & One Health Updates call from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention One Health Office at 1 p.m. Tentative Speaker Schedule News from the CDC One Health Office Casey Barton Behravesh MS, DVM, DrPH, DACVPM Captain, U.S. Public Health Service Director, One Health Office Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
Join the Nelson Institute for a film screening and conversation facilitated by Fabu Phillis Carter examining the interconnections between race, mass incarceration and urban agriculture. REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED BY SLOW FOOD UW. Cinematography & Editor: Nyal Mueenuddin Producers: Mattie Naythons, Jamie Trapp, Katie Faryniarz, Mackenzie Marcus, and Carrie Lierl More information: nelson.wisc.edu/events/everyones-earth Funding provided by: Ira and …
In the past decade, hundreds of studies have measured the learning outcomes of education interventions. The impact sizes often are reported in terms of “standard deviations,” making them difficult to communicate to policymakers beyond education specialists. David Evans of the World Bank will discuss two alternative approaches to demonstrate the effectiveness of learning interventions: one …
James Woodcock, Ph.D., MSc, a senior research associate with the Centre for Diet and Activity Research at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, focuses on modeling health and sustainability, especially how to improve health in the transition to a low-carbon transportation system. He will introduce the methods and results of studies that have modeled …