Category: Events
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Sustain Dane’s Badger Bioneers Conference 2017
Sustainability is about people. It’s about you. It’s about all of us — together. To create a better future, we must honor the diverse experiences that make us human. But, at the…
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The Effect of Medicaid Spending, Health, and Well-Being
Health economist Katherine Baicker will give the 2017 Paul Offner Lecture, titled, The Effect of Medicaid Spending, Health, and Well-Being: Evidence and Implications for Reform. With the future of Medicaid…
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Global Health Tuesday: Developing a Global Flood Prediction Model
Full presentation below: Donghoon Lee, a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, will discuss his research with Paul Block, who received a 2016 GHI Seed Grant to investigate…
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After the Baby Bust: The Politics and Ecology of Zero Population Growth
Having calmed down from overblown twentieth century fears of overpopulation, the world has yet to grapple with the end of population growth—and even de-population—that will occur this century. Global population…
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Community Development in Ethiopia: Project Mercy’s Holistic Approach to Alleviating Poverty
Project Mercy began its work in Africa nearly 40 years ago, providing aid (shelter, food, health care, education and resettlement assistance) to refugees in seven countries. For the past 24 years, the organization has…
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Night of the Arts
Globe Med at UW-Madison warmly invites you to attend their fall fundraising event, Night of the Arts — a showcase of UW-Madison student groups such as Hypnotiq Dance, Redefined, Kaspr, Bellydancing and…
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Weston Roundtable: Got Gold? The Human and Environmental Impacts of Gold Mining
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is estimated to produce between 10 percent and 30 percent of gold worldwide. While ASGM may achieve socioeconomic gains for families, it is also…
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2018 Global Health Symposium
The Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to welcome Professor Susan Paskewitz as the keynote speaker for the 14th annual Global Health Symposium: Advancing Health in…
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IRIS International Film Series
From Nov.14-19, in celebration of International Education week, the Institute for Regional and International Studies has selected films from around the world for the first annual IRIS International Film Series.…
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The Midwest Melharmony Festival — Premiering ‘Climatrix’
Come revel in the musical excellence of Maestro Chitraveena N. Ravikiran & Middleton Community Orchestra, conducted by Kyle Knox, as they premiere “Climatrax,” a special Melharmonic composition of Maestro Ravikiran that…
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Perceptions of U.S. Researchers and Students Serving in Communities Abroad
Please join us for Coffee and Dessert and a chance to listen, weigh in, and dialogue on the issue of community partners’ perceptions of students and researchers from the U.S.…
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National One Health Day Colloquium
One Health is the collaborative effort of multiple health science professions, together with their related disciplines and institutions – working locally, nationally, and globally – to attain optimal health for…
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The O’Brien Fellowship 2017 Conference
This year’s conference will discuss and debate the threat of pandemics from diseases that are driven by human decisions. The O’Brien conference will welcome GHI Director Jonathan Patz as a…
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Director Jonathan Patz to speak at TEDxOshkosh: Climate Change is Affecting Our Health. Is There a Cure?
GHI Director Jonathan Patz has been selected to speak at the 2017 TEDxOshkosh event. Here he will discuss climate change and its connection to public health problems – from alterations…
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Connecting Landscapes: Long-term collaboration
The University of Wisconsin and University of Guadalajara (UdeG) system campuses have a long, rich history of collaboration. In the past year, a multidisciplinary team of UW scholars were fortunate enough to…
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Free Film Festival: Tales from Planet Earth
Standing Rock. Idle No More. The Landless Worker’s Movement. Across the globe, new alliances and collective actions are rising up in the struggle for the rights and sovereignty of local…
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Connecting Landscapes: Adriana Olivares
The University of Wisconsin and University of Guadalajara (UdeG) system campuses have a long, rich history of collaboration. In the past year, a multidisciplinary team of UW scholars were fortunate enough to…
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Wisconsin Science Festival
The four-day Wisconsin Science Festival is a statewide celebration with events across Wisconsin for people of all ages. 285+ events include hands-on science exhibitions, demonstrations, performances, tours, pub nights, workshops…
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Undergraduate Global Health Field Course Fair
Interested in learning about how to improve the health of people, all life and the environment without necessarily practicing medicine? Would you like to know what makes people healthy in…
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Iris International Film Series
Please join the UW IRIS for the first annual Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) international film series! As part of this year’s International Education Week programming, IRIS along with its…