Category: Events
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Global Health Tuesday: Quality Improvement
Lori DiPrete Brown, GHI associate director for Education and Engagement, has spent decades collaborating to bring the principles of quality improvement to underserved communities and organizations to improve health and…
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Can Season-Ahead Cyanobacteria Forecasts Improve Lake Mendota Beach Management?
GHI Advisory Committee member Paul J. Block, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering, discusses a model to help predict the potential for cyanobacteria biomass and beach closings during the…
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Africanists at Work
Meet alumni who transformed their interest in the continent into a substantial career! Join the African Studies Program for a round-table networking event with alumni whose Africa-focused careers range from…
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Jordahl Public Lands Lecture feat. Carolyn Finney
Carolyn Finney, Ph.D. is a writer, performer and cultural geographer. As a professor in geography at the University of Kentucky, she is deeply interested in issues related to identity, difference,…
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Building Community 2017: A Global Health Celebration
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute is a community builder and catalyst that pulls together colleagues from across campus and communities across the world to tackle today’s health challenges.…
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Weston Roundtable: Reports by Sage Faculty on Current Research
Tracey Holloway, member of the GHI Advisory Committee, Holly Gibbs, Mutlu Ozdogan and Chris Kucharik will present brief reports on their current research in sustainability science.
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Cultivating the Dream
The phrase “America’s Dairyland” brings often brings to mind images of cows munching on green grass, a farmer heading out to chop hay, or a…
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Managing Water Resources in Chile’s Semi-Arid Elqui Valley
Paul Block, UW professor and member of the GHI Advisory committee, works at the intersection of engineering and socio-economics to enhance management, adaptation, and sustainability of water resources by leveraging…
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Graduate | Health Sciences Global Health Field Courses Information Session
Graduate and health sciences students are invited to learn about summer 2018 field courses in Ecuador, Guatemala, Thailand and Uganda. Hear about the people you’ll meet, places you’ll visit, classes…
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Bob Lindmeier: Discussing Weather And Climate Change
Join Bob Lindmeier, Chief Meteorologist at WKOW-TV, to learn about the critical distinctions between weather and the effect of climate change on weather trends and patterns in south central Wisconsin.…
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Fall Research Day
This year, we will feature a presentation by Tom Cherpes of the Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University. Cherpes received his DVM from the University of Wisconsin in 1989. After…
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Wisconsin Ecology 23rd Annual Fall Symposium
We are pleased to host Dr. Julian Olden, a Professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, as keynote speaker at the…
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Building Green Infrastructure in the U.S.: A Framework for Sustainable Growth
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture would like to invite you to a special guest lecture, “Building green infrastructure in the US: a framework for sustainable…
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Weston Roundtable: Sustainability and Science in the Anthropocene
Exponential changes of the human-dominated age bring great challenges for the contribution of science to society. Successful transition to any form of sustainability in climate, food, water, energy, finance, and…
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Zoonoses & One Health Updates Call
Tentative Speaker Schedule News from the CDC One Health Office Casey Barton Behravesh Director, One Health Office Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CBartonBehravesh@cdc.gov Gastroenteritis among Workers with Animal Exposure:…
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International Dairy Short Course
The International Dairy Short Course celebrates its 20th year of education this October. The 2017 dairy course will feature farm visits, hands-on workshops and lectures from top-ranked professors and dairy…
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Energy dialogues and Energy Citizenship: Public Engagement in Energy Sustainability Transitions
In the face of global warming, energy sustainability transitions are needed on a large scale. Technologically speaking, this involves shifts away from fossil fuels to renewable, low emission sources of…
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Global Health Tuesday: Water, Women and Fisheries
Full presentation below: Nutrient loading from wastewater effluent and agricultural runoff can cause eutrophication and proliferation of toxin-producing cyanobacteria. Like many lakes, Africa’s Lake Victoria provides food, drinking water, and…
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One Health Forum kick-off meeting
The One Health Forum kicks off its fall programming from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, September 22, with an overview and updates in One Health. Watch Wisconsin One Health Forum…