University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Events

Study Abroad Fair

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 200+ programs and offerings from other study abroad offices on campus. You’ll find programs on 6 continents ranging from classroom experience to internships, research, field …

Modern Laos and the Term ‘Human Rights’

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 the small, single-party country of Laos that has been under the rule of the Lao People’ Revolutionary Party since 1975. Laos has promoted an “open …

Designing Buildings to Harness Energy

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, solar, rain and geothermal energy, the design will change how we think about buildings and contribute to health for millions, Krawczynski says. The Elemental Flow …

Weston Lecture: Wildlife Conservation in Chile: A Multidisciplinary Approach

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 species to thrive — mountain lions, guanacos, vicuñas and condors. Chile’s unique and diverse ecosystems are largely unknown, and are threatened by the country´s rapidly …

CDC’s Selected Zoonotic Diseases Conference Call

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 floor board room at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) The Tentative Meeting Agenda is as follows: Incidence of Clinician-Diagnosed Lyme Disease, United States, 2005-2010 …

Quality Improvement Leadership Institute Symposium and Closing Reception

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 faculty, staff and students, and each other, to apply QI principles to address health challenges in their countries. Lori DiPrete Brown, Global Health Institute associate …

Agriculture 4 Health: Impacts of agricultural development on human health and nutrition in Ethiopia

Henok Kurabachew Mulat, associate professor of plant pathology and director of the School of Nutrition, Food Science, and Technology at Hawassa University, promotes multidisciplinary academic and research programs to improve nutrition in Ethiopia. He is working with UW-Madison on an orange-fleshed sweet potato nutrition and health project in collaboration with the International Potato Center. He …

Urban Horticulture Day

  Want some fresh ideas for your home garden? Stop by Urban Horticulture Day at UW-Madison’s West Madison Agricultural Research Station on Saturday, Aug. 15 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. At this family-friendly field day, visitors can tour the station’s vineyard, vegetable garden and extensive …