Category: Events

Dr. Gregory Plotnikoff from the Penny George Institute for Health in Healing in Minneapolis is a clinician/researcher who has received international acclaim for his work on cross-cultural and integrative medicine, Vitamin D, pain and digestive health. He attended Harvard Divinity School in order to deepen his understanding of human suffering and taught medicine in Japan …

At this “speed-dating” style event, you’ll have the opportunity to talk to a host of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and learn about their diverse Peace Corps experience. This is a great opportunity to hear a ton of stories, take away some valuable advice, and to figure out of the Peace Corps is right for you.

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 …