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 …
GHI fellow Jameela Ali joins a Wisconsin Without Boarders discussion on this years Go Big Read book “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban.” This is a cultural event and panel discussion focusing on the theme of girls’ education from a variety of perspectives. Refreshments will …
Engineers without Boarders, the Village Health Project, MEDLIFE, GlobeMed, and Global and Public Health brigades have invited professors from various health related fields to talk about their areas of expertise. For more information, please visit: http://www.globalhealthweekuw.org/event-schedule.html
TAWI, Partners in Health, Climate Action 350, and NAMI will be on East Campus Mall facilitating some activities to raise awareness about different global health issues. For more information, please visit: http://www.globalhealthweekuw.org
Tedx UW-Madison convenes at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, with five speakers. GHI Assistant Scientist Jason Vargo, will present “Our Urban Nature.” GHI Advisory member Nancy Kendall, associate professor of education policy studies, will present “The Granny Core: A new approach to AIDS, orphans, and global support for care.”
Are you interested in or currently conducting research abroad? Are you developing relationships with international collaborators? Will your international research involve human subjects? Please join faculty and colleagues from across campus for an interdisciplinary discussion addressing collaborative international projects and relationships, managing expectations, navigating cultural expectations, addressing societal impact, and how to think through ethical …
The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is unprecedented in its magnitude. Though headlines describe events halfway around the world, the epidemic’s causes and consequences are closer to home than most Americans realize. Focusing on the deeply entwined history between West Africa and Western industrialized nations, five expert panelists will draw on the social dimensions of Ebola to shed light on the responsibilities of …
In the 21st century, cities will account for 90 percent of global population growth, 80 percent of CO2 emissions, and 75 percent of global use of energy, water and food. For the first time in history, the majority of the world’s human population resides in cities. The United Nations estimates that by 2050 this number …