Category: Events

Get Smart Week Nicole Coffin, Health Communication Specialist Office of Director Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ndc3@cdc.gov Barbara Mahon Associate Director for Antimicrobial…

Corby Martin from Louisiana State University’s Ingestive Behavior Laboratory is a leader in the use of mobile apps and other novel technologies that measure energy expenditure and efforts to control…

Jhabvala, who has been extensively involved in policy issues regarding poor women and the informal economy in India, will discuss “Structural Inequalities and Poverty: Organizing for Economic Rights in India,”…

Daniel Murphy received his medical degree from the University of Iowa and spent six years working with Caesar Chavez at a clinic for farm workers where he was involved in…

Special seminar in global health The New Global Malaria Eradication Program: Challenges and Lessons Learned from the South Pacific” Tom Burkot, PhD, Professor and Tropical Leader, Australian Institute of Tropical…

In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis critiqued consumerism and irresponsible development, lamented environmental degradation and global warming, and called on all people of the world to take “swift and unified…

Annual maximum water levels on the Yahara Lakes have been increasing over time as a result of urbanization and growth in the magnitude and frequency of extreme rainfalls. Climate models…

When the earthquake in Nepal occurred in April 2015 many with expertise in Nepal were not prepared to answer, “How can I best help?” Teri Allendorf, a Peace Corps volunteer…

The Study Abroad Fair gives students a one-stop-shopping experience for exploring hundreds to study abroad opportunities for every major. 90+ exhibits will showcase info about UW sponsored programs, including IAP’s…

Jorge Osorio and David Gaus will lead a roundtable discussion on the ongoing chikungunya epidemics in Colombia and Ecuador. Osorio is an assistant professor in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences…

Ounekeo Souksavanj, Correspondent for the Asia Times and RFA (Radio Free Asia) and Radio Broadcaster from Laos, will be giving a lecture on Friday, September 11. This talk focuses on…

We are becoming a more urban people, and Polish-Australian architect Mark Krawczynski has helped design a building that will generate enough power to meet more than its own needs. Channeling wind,…

The western side of southern South America harbors rich and endemic biodiversity along the narrow strip of land called Chile. The Humboldt ocean current and the Andean mountains allow unique…

September’s conference call will feature Zoonotic Diseases. It will be held on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 from 1:00 pm – 2:00pm CST. The conference call will available in the second…

Participants from Thailand, Nepal, Ethiopia, South Africa, Haiti and the Tibetan community in Dharamasala, India, present their final reports from the Quality Improvement (QI)  Leadership Institute. Participants worked with UW-Madison…

Dr. Endale Sisay Mengesha and Dr. Zerai Kassaye Tarrekegn will be presenting at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Grand Rounds on Thursday, August 27 from…