University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Five Strategic Focus Areas

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, …

UniverCity Partners with Green County

UniverCity Partners with Green County

Green spaces in cities help control floods, store carbon

Green spaces in cities help control floods, store carbon

GHI joins Wellcome Trust partnership to transform cities for equity, human and planetary health

GHI joins an international, multimillion dollar effort to equitably improve health in cities, for the planet

Climate Change Symposium

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 …

Saving our planet to save ourselves

What do you believe in? Howard Frumkin, a leading voice on environment and health, believes we must save the world to save ourselves.

Planetary Health: Protecting Our World to Protect 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

UW-Madison UniverCity Alliance hiring new director

Director Jonathan Patz’ review paper “Climate Change and Collective Violence” featured in Knowable Magazine

Director Jonathan Patz' review paper "Climate Change and Collective Violence" featured in Knowable Magazine