When: Thursday May 3rd, 2018, 5:00pm Where: Mendota Room, Dejope Hall The 2018 Global Health Certificate Graduation Celebration will honor and recognize graduating students who have earned an Undergraduate Certificate or a Graduate | Professional | Capstone Certificate in Global Health. Graduates are invited to join the UW-Madison global health community of faculty, staff, and friends …
When: April 24th, 4:30 p.m. Where: Health Sciences Learning Center, Room 1309 James Svenson, 2016 GHI Seed Grant recipient, presents on his team’s collaboration with a group from Stanford University to develop a computer-based app that can be used by village health promoters in San Lucas Tolimán, a town of 17,000, to monitor their diabetic …
WHERE: 1335 Health Sciences Learning Center WHEN: April 23rd, 5:00 p.m. Thirty years ago, as much of the world was being ravaged by horrific diseases like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, three remarkable young people, barely out of their teens—Jim Yong Kim, Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl—came together in a squatter settlement in Haiti, determined to provide world-class medical …
WHEN: April 23rd, 12:00 p.m. WHERE: Health Sciences Learning Center, Room 1335 Jonathan Samet, a pulmonary physician and epidemiologist, is dean of the Colorado School of Public Health. Previously, he served as Distinguished Professor and Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Keck School of Medicine of USC Department of Preventive Medicine and founding director of the …
When: Monday April 23rd, 2018, 12:00pm In the third annual Local Government Summit, the Wisconsin Academy and partners will convene a two-day summit to share practical resources and explore emerging issues in local energy planning and resilience in Wisconsin communities. Local leaders and representatives from organizations actively serving as resources to these communities (research teams, …
WHEN: April 23rd, 7:30 a.m. WHERE: Monona Terrace Communities across the country and world are finding themselves faced with opportunities that require novel approaches and collaborative problem-solving, especially as they strive to develop inclusive and sustainable environments. Creativity and innovation, supported by technology and advanced via passionate grassroots engagement, are the tools that are making a …
When: Tuesday April 17th, 2018, 9:00am Where: Nancy Nicholas Hall Community and nonprofit efforts are increasingly relied upon to mitigate social problems and meet basic needs, and their educational, organizing and advocacy work has never been more important in addressing systemic problems. However, traditional giving practices have been challenged for their efficacy in creating real …
The annual Undergraduate Symposium showcases undergraduate creativity, achievement, research, service-learning and community-based research from all areas of study at UW–Madison including the humanities, fine arts, biological sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. This past year nearly 700 students presented, displayed or performed their work for members of the University, the surrounding community, family and friends.
WHEN: April 12th, 4:00 p.m. — April 14th, 5:00 p.m. WHERE: UW-Madison Pyle Center The annual Wisconsin Women’s and Gender Studies Conference and 4W Summit on Women, Gender and Well-Being presents “Our Bodies, Our Earth: Voice, Violence, and Peacemaking.” The event brings together prominent global leaders, national and international scholars, practitioners, students, artists and community members to …
This will be the 41th Annual Wisconsin Women’s and Gender Studies Conference and our third collaboration with the UW-Madison 4W Initiative (Women, Well-Being, Wisconsin and the World) Join us April 12-14, 2018 at the Pyle Center, UW-Madison as we consider how gender informs culture, society, environment, economy and social justice. See the website for the …