Category: Events
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Weston Roundtable: Cultivating Resilience LLC, Resilient agriculture
The Weston Roundtable is made possible by a generous donation from Mr. Roy F. Weston, a highly accomplished UW-Madison alumnus. Designed to promote a robust understanding of sustainability science, engineering…
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UW-Madison celebrates International Women’s Day March 3
UW-Madison celebrates International Women’s Day March 3
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Healthcare Access and Reform: A Panel Discussion
Finding equity for rural and urban communities REGISTER NOW Significant changes are underway in federal and state policy related to how we pay for and deliver healthcare. These policies affect…
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Global Health Tuesday: Polluted Fish and Cycles of Poverty
2016 GHI Seed Grant Recipient Peter McIntyre discusses his project on tracing the global scope of mercury contamination of inland subsistence fisheries, ecological patterns, health threats and source tracking. This project…
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Climate Change Symposium
2:15 – 3:15 PM Student Flash Talks 3:15 – 4:15 PM Poster Session and Reception 4:15-5:15 PM Keynote Address: Life and Death on a Remote Pacific Reef Kim Cobb, Professor, School of…
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Envisioning Climate Change Impacts on the World’s Deadliest Animals
Presented as part of the Climate, People and the Environment Program, presented by the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research. Each semester the Climate, People, and the Environment Program hosts a…
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Carl von Marr Day at the Museum of Wisconsin Art
The Flagellants by artist Carl von Marr (1858–1936) makes an impact on viewers for its size, artistry, and subject matter. Though a bit gruesome, this narrative is undeniably compelling. This…
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Planetary Health: Protecting Our World to Protect Ourselves
The field of Planetary Health has emerged in recent years, based on the notion that transgressing planetary limits—a hallmark of the now-defined Anthropocene Epoch that acknowledges human impact on the…
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Weston Roundtable: Destruction as Development — Lessons from Pouring Concrete to Save People and the Environment
The Weston Roundtable is made possible by a generous donation from Mr. Roy F. Weston, a highly accomplished UW-Madison alumnus. Designed to promote a robust understanding of sustainability science, engineering…
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Zoonoses & One Health Updates Call
Brought to you by CDC’s One Health Office Next call: February 7, 2018, 2:00-3:00 pm ET Disclaimer: Although the content of calls is directed to veterinarians, physicians, epidemiologists, and related public…
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The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Evidence-based Prevention
Presented by the UW Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar Series. Speaker information: Linda Baumann, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emerita The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing and School of Medicine…
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Zoonoses & One Health Updates Call
Brought to you by CDC’s One Health Office 2-3 p.m. ET / 1-2 p.m. CT ACCESS INFORMATION Please note: this call will NOT be recorded. Audio: To hear the presentations and ask…
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Summer 2018 Undergraduate Field Course Abroad Applications Deadline
Programs in Ghana, Guatemala, Mexico, Nepal, Thailand and Uganda still accepting students for next summer — apply today! Local field courses summer 2018 Odanah, WI — Exploring Ecology, Culture, and Health…
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World AIDS Day Panel
Join us for our World AIDS Day Panel. Our panelists include advocates, educators, and members of communities affected by HIV. Lunch will be provided. Free testing is available from 11…
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Weston Roundtable: Synthetic Biology and the Conservation of Nature.
Synthetic biology is a fast-moving innovative field with the potential to change our relationship to the natural world. It involves the design and construction of new biological parts, and the…
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Environmental Breakfast: We’ll Always Have Paris
Join the Wisconsin Academy for their monthly conversation in the Environmental Breakfast series, “We’ll Always Have Paris.” The topic for this gathering will be “How Counties can lead” with Keith Reopelle,…
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Affliction: A Special Screening Event with Doctors Without Borders
Ebola Survivor Corps, Doctors Without Borders-Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), the UWSMPH Infectious Disease Interest Group and WUD Film present Affliction, a powerful MSF documentary about the devastating effects of the 2014 Ebola…
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Journalism, Ethics & The Battle Over Health Care
Sponsored by the Center for Journalism Ethics. Three experts will join faculty, staff and students with an interest in health policy or communication at the Overture Center: •Sarah Kliff, health…
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Africa at Noon: Preparer la Retraite — New Age-Scripts in West African Middle Class
Because age is a central principle of social organization, aging trajectories — in their temporality, social meaning and roles — are highly sensitive to social change. This change is influenced…