The Infectious Disease Interest Group meets to discuss the Ebola response at 4 p.m. Friday, May 8. Lina Elbadawi, MD, MS, will present “Ebola and African Deployment.” Masia Safdar, MD, and Christopher Crnich, MD, Ph.D., will discuss “Issues, challenges, and lessons learned about Ebola in Madison. The Infectious Disease Interest Group is a collaboration of …
M. Sanjayan, executive vice president and senior scientist at Conservation International, delivers the 18th annual Leopold Lecture, discussing ways wildlife and humans are coexisting in our modern world. Drawing on examples from his critically-acclaimed PBS television series EARTH A New Wild, Sanjayan will reveal the surprising ways wildlife and people can mutually benefit each other …
Michaela Brause, an undergradute student at UW-Madison studying Community and Nonprofit Leadership with certificates in Global Health and Environmental Studies, will be holding a screening event of the documentary ‘Black Gold‘. After traveling to Ethiopia with Heidi Busse, Brause has gained a first hand experience of the coffee culture in Ethiopia. Bringing together Global Health, Environmental …
Development in Africa can take on many faces. Join us for an afternoon of discussion and education around the progress made and future barriers toward sustainable development in Africa. As a member of the UW community, join the discussion of African development by showcasing your research to food security, public health, environment, social justice, and …
As a part of the Bagels and Research series presented by the Morgridge Center for Public Service, Lori DiPrete Brown will be presenting on community-based learning in a local to global context. Lori DiPrete Brown will draw on experiences in Ecuador, Mexico, Ethipoia and Wisconsin as she presents online educational resources, readings, and tools to …
Join the Agroecology Program for a conversation with Tracy Sides on Thursday, April 30th. Tracy Sides believes in healthy connections, the power of community, and the “magic” of food. Together the combination of the three have developed her career path and have allowed her to achieve her dreams. Tracy has a wealth of knowledge about …
Celebrate Monona’s Year of the Bike and Green Living month at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center with a public lecture on climate, energy and sustainability. Postdoctoral researcher Maggie Grabow (PhD, MPH) from the University of Wisconsin’s Global Health Institute will discuss the environmental and human health benefits of bicycling. Bicycling is fun, convenient, cheaper, and better for the environment …
Watch a free screening of Girl Rising, a documentary film about the strength of human spirit and the power of education to change the world. There will be a brief reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by the film at 6 p.m. and then following the film there will be a discussion about girls’ education in …
The 2015 Wisconsin Without Borders Award Ceremony will take place on Friday, April 24th at 9:00 a.m. Wisconsin Without Borders recognizes work that demonstrates outstanding examples of globally engaged scholarship by members of the UW-Madison community. Awards are offered to faculty/academic staff, graduate/professional students, and undergraduate depending and carry a prize of between $500-1,500 per …
Jean-Claude Tayari Kanyamanza, a clinical pharmacist and director of Pharmaceutical Supply Chain for the Rwanda Biomedical Center, Ministry of Health, will discuss the recent improvements in access to opioid pain medicines for palliative care in Rwanda. He will discuss a recent initiative to establish an oral morphine solution production lab and government-sponsored opioid prescription training for physicians from district …