UW-Madison’s International Division and Center for South Asia are excited to invite you to the opening reception of Focus on India, a semester-long program highlighting, encouraging, and catalyzing the current and potential collaborative work being done between UW-Madison faculty, staff, and students and Indian institutions and individuals. If you have any questions about this event …
William Powers, senior fellow at the World Policy Institute, discusses the Latin American concept of living well that represents a paradigm of sustainability. Bolivia has policies that grant ecosystems the equivalent of human rights. Powers’ field study examines how such policies play out in one of Bolivia’s “ecological municipalities,” the town of Samaipata at the cusp …
Earth Care: A Faith Imperative is the theme for this year’s Interfaith Power and Light Conference in Appleton, Wisconsin. Workshops, presentations, exhibits and conversation will explore the continuing challenge of climate change. Steven Bouma-Prediger, Professor of Religion at Hope College and Evangelical leader on creation care, will address how Pope Francis’ historic call to care …
The Ride is a Wisconsin biking event hosted by the UW Carbone Cancer Center that benefits UW cancer research and celebrates life. Starting in Sun Prairie, WI, The Ride travels through beautiful Wisconsin countryside. There are multiple starting times for different distances, whether you want to bike three miles or 100. Click here for more info.
What do the Zika virus, dengue, and yellow fever all have in common? They are all mosquito-borne diseases that a team of UW scientists are working to eliminate through studying the host-pathogen interaction. Join the Wisconsin Alumni Association at the Fluno Center on Friday, September 16th to hear from top UW researcher and alumni Jorge Osorio …
Dr. Tom Friedrich, head of virology services unit at the Wisconsin National Primate Center, discusses “Zika Virus: From the ground to the 30,000 ft view, when the Infectious Disease Interest Group (IDIG) meets September 9. IDIG is a collaboration of human and animal health professionals from the UW, state and federal agencies, and private industry. Parking is …
Community organizations, public health professionals, health care providers, researchers, educators and community members are invited to join the School of Medicine and Public Health to share experiences and ideas to work together to understand and promote health equity and address health disparities in our communities and state. More.
More than 20 local and international participants , who have spent a week working with UW faculty, staff, students and each other, will report on health system strengthening projects they will take back to their homes. GHI hosts the annual, week-long institute that introduces participants from low-resource settings to the principles of strengthening health care …
Still confused about Zika? Attend this free talk on the evening of September 1st to hear about how the virus spreads and what’s being done to end it! More info and free registration here.
The Global Health Institute is offering its sixth annual Quality Improvement Leadership Institute at the UW-Madison from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2. The week-long institute brings together UW-Madison faculty, staff and students with health care leaders from low-resource settings in Wisconsin and across the world. They look at how to improve processes, establish inter-professional competencies …