Category: Events
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Infectious Disease Interest Group: Field Investigations of Zoonotic Salmonellosis
A collaboration of human and animal health professionals from the University of Wisconsin, state and federal agencies and private industry discussing Zoonotic Salmonellosis, hosted by Donald Sockett of the Wisconsin Veterinary…
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Weston Roundtable: Is Rice Really Nice? Waterbirds and agriculture in South Asia
As scientists declare our time to be the Anthropocene epoch, the search for mechanisms and examples to aid in biodiversity conservation has acquired new urgency. There is, however, a perceptible…
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The Color of Food: Reflecting on our Food Movement
Natasha Bowens, author of The Color of Food: Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming, challenges us to reflect on our movement for good food and food justice. Her lecture will explore…
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Cost Analysis of Humanitarian Action
During the past two decades, economists have published an enormous volume of work on development and humanitarian programs. However, most of this research focuses on the impacts of development and…
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World of Water: Opportunities & Engineering Challenges in the 21st Century
UW faculty and professional practitioners discuss water issues that affect your future in the first in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Discovery Series.
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Navigating Aging, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS
Sanyu Mojola, an associate professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan, discusses the intersection of aging, sexuality and HIV/AIDS. She studies how societies produce health and illness and is especially…
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Global Hot Spots: How Might Solving the Global Climate Crisis be the Health Cure of the Century?
The global climate crisis poses large risks to public health through many exposure pathways — from heat waves and air pollution to malnutrition,…
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Searching for Answers on a Warming Planet: Why We May Need Climate Engineering
Simon Nicholson, Director of the Global Environmental Politics program in the School of International Service and co-founder of the Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, will discuss a range of other climate…
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WIZM: Study shows monkeys contracted CWD from infected deer meat, shows possibility to humans
CWD could affect humans; get your deer tested, says Keith Poulsen, a GHI Advisory Committee member with the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
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Inaugural UniverCity Year final presentation
The public is invited to an event focusing on the entire UniverCity Year (UCY) and all its projects. The presentation will be Wednesday August 16th, 7 PM in the Monona…
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CDC Call – Zoonoses and OneHealth Updates
This call is meant to provide a progress report of ongoing investigations into zoonotic diseases in relation to overall global health. This report is brought to you by CDC’s One…
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Taking Quality Home: 2017 Quality Improvement Leadership Symposium
Thirty students and health leaders from a dozen countries present their take-home projects from 2017 Quality Improvement Leadership Institute. After a week of working with UW faculty, staff, students, and…
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Global Health Tuesday: Non-Communicable Diseases, Climate Change and Development in Africa
Alexis Nizigiyimana, a medical doctor in Burundi, founded the Burundi chapter of the Young Professional Chronic Diseases Network. He will discuss the burden of the four top non-communicable diseases in…
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2017 Quality Improvement Leadership Institute
The annual Quality Improvement Leadership Institute brings together participants from Wisconsin and across the world who work with UW-Madison faculty, staff and students, and each other, to implement small changes…
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Patz Speaks on CUGH Organized Webinar: The Impact of Proposed Cuts to US-Funded Climate Change Activities
WEBINAR | The Impact of Proposed Cuts to US-Funded Climate Change Activities This webinar, by two internationally recognized climate change experts: Prof. Madeleine Thomson, Senior Research Scientist, Intl. Research…
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Wednesday Nite @ the Lab discusses pivotal health discoveries made on campus 100 years ago.
Mark your calendar: Wednesday Nite @ the Lab discusses pivotal health discoveries made on campus through talk “100 Years Ago: The Discovery of Vitamin B and the Discovery of the Link between…