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 …
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, …
UniverCity Partners with Green County
Green spaces in cities help control floods, store carbon
GHI joins an international, multimillion dollar effort to equitably improve health in cities, for the planet
2:15 – 3:15 PM Student Flash Talks 3:15 – 4:15 PM Poster Session and Reception 4:15-5:15 PM Keynote Address: Life and Death on a Remote Pacific Reef Kim Cobb, Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech At the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Kim Cobb holds positions as a Professor in the Department of Earth …
What do you believe in? Howard Frumkin, a leading voice on environment and health, believes we must save the world to save ourselves.
The field of Planetary Health has emerged in recent years, based on the notion that transgressing planetary limits—a hallmark of the now-defined Anthropocene Epoch that acknowledges human impact on the planet—is incompatible with continued human thriving. Professor Howard Frumkin, M.D., DrPH, an expert on the intersection between public health and the built environment, climate change, …
UW-Madison UniverCity Alliance hiring new director
Director Jonathan Patz’ review paper “Climate Change and Collective Violence” featured in Knowable Magazine