Category: Events

Join Suhail Khan as he sheds light on these and other questions you bring. As a young professional, Mr. Khan will share his journey, address issues you’ve been curious about,…

Dr. Jean Geran, Co-Director for Human Rights, Child Protection and Global Policy of the Social Transformations to End Exploitation and Trafficking for Sex (STREETS) Initiative, will discuss a child’s right to identity during…

This talk will discuss the ways in which AIDS has pervaded the personal and social imaginings of the body by highlighting textual representations found in Spanish American literature where AIDS…

National Audubon Society scientists recently completed a comprehensive analysis modeling the winter and summer ranges of 588 North American bird species in response to future climate change. Using extensive citizen…

Can we sustainably intensify food production to meet the needs of a growing population with changing consumption patterns? In this lecture, author and scholar Jules Pretty, University of Essex, will analyze…

To reduce barriers to communication and facilitate productive cross-campus collaboration, Wisconsin Prevention of Obesity and Diabetes and CIAS are hosting  a “Healthy Food Systems” poster session on Nov. 14. This…

During the last 20 years, Iraq’s doctors have been at the forefront of wars fought silently and obliquely during the Gulf Wars, the brutal twelve years of sanctions, and the…

To celebrate the end of the First Annual Global Health Week we will be hosting a Dance Marathon and Raffle. Tickets for the event will be $5 online and $10…

In 2010 the United States produced about 17 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, even though we only represent 4 percent of the world’s population. To make our minimally fair…

GHI fellow Jameela Ali joins a Wisconsin Without Boarders discussion on this years Go Big Read book “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot…

Engineers without Boarders, the Village Health Project, MEDLIFE, GlobeMed, and Global and Public Health brigades have invited professors from various health related fields to talk about their areas of expertise.…

TAWI, Partners in Health, Climate Action 350, and NAMI will be on East Campus Mall facilitating some activities to raise awareness about different global health issues. For more information, please…

Tedx UW-Madison convenes at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, with five speakers. GHI Assistant Scientist Jason Vargo, will present “Our Urban Nature.” GHI Advisory member Nancy Kendall, associate professor of…

Are you interested in or currently conducting research abroad? Are you developing relationships with international collaborators? Will your international research involve human subjects? Please join faculty and colleagues from across…

The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is unprecedented in its magnitude. Though headlines describe events halfway around the world, the epidemic’s causes and consequences are closer to home than most Americans realize. Focusing on…

In the 21st century, cities will account for 90 percent of global population growth, 80 percent of CO2 emissions, and 75 percent of global use of energy, water and food.…

WUD Distinguished Lecture Series presents a lecture by Naomi Klein. Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the New York Times and #1 international bestseller, The…

Graduate or health sciences students who are interested in faculty-led summer field courses are invited to attend the 2015 Global Health Field Courses Information Session. Faculty leaders and former student…