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, and discuss the skills you’ll need in order to have the competitive edge in a search for an internship or job at the UN.
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 a free public lecture. For more information, please visit: http://international.wisc.edu/blog/index.php/2014/11/04/2014-soffa-lecture/ and http://sohe.wisc.edu/4w/
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 has a significant role. I will reference my recent scholarship on these literary realms and then will talk briefly about my current research into visual …
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 science data and detailed climate layers, these models characterize the relationship between the distribution of each species and climate through the end of the century. …
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 recent evidence of the impacts of sustainable intensification in both developing and industrialized countries, and demonstrate how both yield and natural capital dividends can occur. …
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 poster session will be held in conjunction with a lecture by Dr. Jules Pretty, an internationally recognized expert in sustainable agriculture from the University of Essex. …
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 2003 invasion and occupation. In this instance, however, the figure of the doctor is not one of mere practitioner of medicine, but one whose activities …
Undergraduate global health field course fair. Representatives from each field course will be in attendance. This event will take place from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2014 in Union South. Questions? Contact Robin Mittenthal at mittenthal@wisc.edu
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 at the door. All proceeds will go to a local public health cause. For more information, please visit: www.globalhealthweekus.org GlobalHealthWeekFlyer
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 contribution toward reducing global emissions, we need to cut our emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Meeting these reduction targets will be …