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Jonathan spoke on WORT Radio: Impact And Reaction: U.S. Pull-Out From Paris Accords

Director Jonathan Patz reacts to the United States’ decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement on WORT Radio

Wisconsin Without Borders: A Global Initiative

As a part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s 4W Initiative, students and faculty members from the Design Studies program in the School of Human Ecology have partnered with traditional artisans around the world developing coordinated microenterprises projects. Materials and color palettes have been coordinated in order that products are globally interchangeable from one culture to …

Liver Fat, Hepatic Enzymes and the Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Study of 132,377 Adults

A presentation of “Liver Fat, Hepatic Enzymes and the Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes” will be given by GHI collaborator Dr. Sean Chen from the Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.     

Trumping Health Care Reform? Perspectives on the Past, Lessons for the Future

What role did misperceptions of health care and health insurance play in the 2016 Presidential Election? What is happening with the current Republican health care reform efforts? What do these past events mean for the longer term resilience of the PPACA in the months and years ahead? Where do we go from here? Join the conversation with us …

Environmental Design Research Association Conference

WN@TL This Week: Randy Jackson on the Bioenergy Sector

Agronomy professor Randy Jackson will be the featured speaker at Wednesday Nite @ the Lab this week. His talk, titled “What are the bottlenecks of bioenergy?” will address some common questions about second-generation bioenergy production and why we must couple our research-based understanding of bioenergy systems with courageous policy-making if the promise of bioenergy is to be realized.

Climate change offers a comprehensive lens for public health

New report: Climate change offers a comprehensive lens for public health.

Taste of Timor

Join the Madison-Ainaro Sister City Alliance for the first annual Taste of Timor gala celebration. There will be fine cuisine cooked in Madison from recipes gathered across East Timor. Taste the best authentic gourmet dishes this side of Mount Ramelau and get the latest updates on solidarity partners in Ainaro. Cost: $25. Buy tickets here. For …

Infectious Disease Interest Group

Meeting rescheduled to Friday, May 19. Stephanie Schauer, Ph.D., from the Wisconsin Immunization Program, will present “Mumps: The diagnostics are challenging and the epidemiology is interesting,” to the Infectious Disease Interest Group, a collaboration of human and animal health professional from the University of Wisconsin, state and federal agencies and private industry. Parking is available …

Celebrating the 2017 Global Health Certificate Graduates

Congratulations to our 2017 global health certificate graduates!