University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Building Community 2017: A Global Health Celebration

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute is a community builder and catalyst that pulls together colleagues from across campus and communities across the world to tackle today’s health challenges. We also help educate tomorrow’s global health leaders and scholars. More than 1,000 students have earned global health certificates and hundreds have participated in field …

The Annual Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture

Graduate | Health Sciences Global Health Field Courses Information Session

Graduate and health sciences students are invited to learn about summer 2018 field courses in Ecuador, Guatemala, Thailand and Uganda. Hear about the people you’ll meet, places you’ll visit, classes you’ll need and application process. Food will be provided.

Wisconsin Ecology 23rd Annual Fall Symposium

      We are pleased to host Dr. Julian Olden, a Professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, as keynote speaker at the Wisconsin Ecology Fall Symposium on October 11 & 12, 2017. Dr. Olden’s research program spans multiple levels of biological organization and modes of inquiry to advance …

International Dairy Short Course

The International Dairy Short Course celebrates its 20th year of education this October. The 2017 dairy course will feature farm visits, hands-on workshops and lectures from top-ranked professors and dairy producers. The three-day course will cover a wide variety of applicable topics including dairy management, reproduction, nutrition, milk quality and maximizing profitability. INCLUDES *6 lectures …

The Guardian: Quitting coal: a health benefit equivalent to quitting tobacco, alcohol and fast-food

Quitting coal: a health benefit equivalent to quitting tobacco, alcohol and fast-food: Jonathan Patz

Healio: Climate crisis expected to contribute to global disease burden

Global climate crisis involves temperatures, sea levels, melting glaciers, extreme weather that will impact children's health, Patz says.

WIZM: Study shows monkeys contracted CWD from infected deer meat, shows possibility to humans

CWD could affect humans; get your deer tested, says Keith Poulsen, a GHI Advisory Committee member with the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Patz — Tax on hybrids and electric vehicles is poor economic policy

Tax on electric hybrids is poor economic policy, GHI Director Jonathan Patz says.

With deer season on horizon, lab ramps up for CWD testing

With deer season on horizon, lab ramps up for CWD testing