Fish, floods and diabetes under scrutiny with four new GHI Seed Grants
Fish, floods and diabetes under scrutiny with four new GHI Seed Grants.
Fish, floods and diabetes under scrutiny with four new GHI Seed Grants.
Sumudu Atapattu a GHI Advisory Board Member addresses the link between climate change and human rights.
In Madison, there are more than 160 years of records on the freezing and thawing dates of lakes Monona and Mendota. But it was centuries of data on a lake in Japan and a river in Finland that helped a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus and a team of researchers show climate change trends since the Industrial Revolution.
GHI Director Jonathan Patz sees Paris climate agreement as a great opportunity to change lives.
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are looking into whether climate change may lead to the faster spread of diseases like the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus.
For countries to sharply reduce carbon emissions while also meeting the increasing demand for electrical energy, it’s widely recognized that nuclear power needs to be part of the solution, and UW-Madison has a giant role.
Coming to a Wisconsin community near you this summer: New sustainability initiatives. Or perhaps, Shakespeare. All part of the second-annual Wisconsin Open Education Community Fellowships.
Global health was well represented when the International Division and IRIS awarded new seed grants.
Girls’ health, open spaces, West Nile virus and cardiac care are among the topics University of Wisconsin-Madison investigators will explore with awards announced March 28, 2016, by the Global Health Institute (GHI). The Institute awarded eight Graduate Student Research Awards, one Faculty-Staff Travel Award and three Visiting Scholar Awards in amounts from $2,500 to $8,000. …