University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Climate & Land Use Change

UniverCity Year Dane County Celebration

When: Friday May 4th, 2018, 4:00 p.m. Where: Dejope Hall, Lake Mendota Room Help us celebrate the UniverCity Year Dane County partnership on May 4, 2018 at Dejope Hall. More than 350 students and 16 faculty members worked on projects for the Dane County Board of Supervisors during the 2017-2018 academic year. Come meet the teams, learn about their …

Inaugural Human Health & Environmental Sustainability Lecture: Actions on Climate Change: Public Health Opportunity of the Century

When: Monday April 30th, 2018, 11:30am Where: Medical College of Wisconsin Alumni Center   Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, is professor & John P. Holton Chair in Health and the Environment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also directs the Global Health Institute. Patz co-chaired the health expert panel of the first Congressionally mandated U.S. National Assessment …

2018 Rankin-Skatrud Memorial Lecture — The Death of Evidence: Implications for Epidemiology

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 …

Leading the Charge: A Local Government Summit on Energy & Resilience

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, …

2018 Global Health Symposium

Professor Susan Paskewitz will be the keynote speaker for the 14th annual Global Health Symposium: Advancing Health in Uncertain Times. The symposium begins at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Paskewitz is professor and chair of the Department of Entomology in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. She also is co-director of the Upper …

2018 EPIC-Network Conference

In Spring 2018, from April 8-11, the University of Wisconsin – Madison will host the EPIC-Network’s annual conference. This year’s program will provide important resources to program managers, university representatives, city officials and organizational partners. Attendees will learn and share best practices for adopting, enhancing, and presenting the EPIC Framework in their communities. Please share broadly with your networks, …