Mam-Yassin Sarr founded Starfish International with the goal of providing education for Gambian girls from pre-school through graduate school. She will present: “Negotiating Female Reproductive Health as an Adolescent Girl in The Gambia, West Africa: The unique health and social issues involved” during a Global Health Nursing Seminar. Sarr also presents Education, Ebola and Empowering …
The world is facing significant problems that must be solved to secure a sustainable future, and many of those challenges are, in essence, chemical, says Leiv K. Sydnes, professor of organic chemistry at the University of Bergen (Norway). He will discuss the chemical community’s responsibility to act on behalf of society and the earth. The …
Tribal nations are using research and data to advance tribal sovereignty, and Jacqueline Pata, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, argues that when tribes are in the driver’s seat stewarding research partnerships, the outcomes are more robust and meaningful. She will discuss NCAI’s efforts to build tribal research capacity and foster tribal-university …
To celebrate international women’s day, UW-Madison engaged scholars will present flash talks about initiatives to empower women across the world. A reception follows. The event is hosted by the 4W Initiative (For Women and Well-being in Wisconsin and the World), convened by the Global Health Institute, School of Human Ecology and Department of Gender and …
UW-Madison alumna Rebecca Shlafer, assistant professor in the University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics, is particularly interested in the developmental outcomes of children with parents in prison, as well as the programs and policies that impact families affected by incarceration.
The Wisconsin Environmental Health Network presents an afternoon conference for health care providers, public health professionals, environmental activists, staff of environmental organizations, scientists and students. The event, especially, will give health care professionals information about environmental factors affecting human health and how to best use that information in primary care practice. It will also build …
Johanna Crane, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Washington-Bothell, presents “The Indirect Costs of Partnership: Administrative Labor and African Invisibility in Global Health Science” as part of the Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies Visiting Lecture Series. Crane focuses her ethnographic work on the complexities of “global …
At the 2015 Sustainability Forum, academic, industry, and nonprofit leaders will examine the reasons for and impacts of our everyday consumption habits, focusing on our use of food, clothing, shelter, and personal electronics. “Rethinking Our Consumption: Beyond Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” will be held 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, in Union South’s Varsity …
Join the Wisconsin Wetlands Association to share and discuss wetland science, management, restoration, and protection issues at Telling Our Stories, Wisconsin Wetlands Association’s annual Wetland Science Conference. The Nelson Institute is proud to be a sponsor of this conference, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary. For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.uwlax.edu/conted/wwa/index.html
The Center for Climatic Research in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies hosts the UW-Madison Climate Change Symposium March 5 and 6 in the Genetics-Biotech Auditorium. Steve Long, director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation RIPE Project, presents keynote lectures at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, and 1:35 p.m. Friday, March 6. He is …