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2015 Energy Conference: Energy Expressway

What: UW Energy Hub Annual Conference: “Energy Expressway” Where: Gordon Dining and Events Center, 2nd Floor Sonata Meeting Room When: Friday, November 13th, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm REGISTER HERE: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6H7SBNG “Energy Expressway” will host several speakers in the morning and several in the afternoon with refreshments and the Wisconsin Energy and Sustainability Challenge. Conference sponsors will …

MOOC: Climate Change Policy and Public Health

Climate change is having and will continue to have a dramatic impact on global public health – from natural disasters and the increased spread of infectious disease to predicted crop losses and heat waves. A MOOC starting in November 2015 will also students to take part in the conversation around climate change and connect with …

Tales from the Planet Earth: Environmental Film Festival

Grounded in religion and experience, spirituality and science, beliefs profoundly shape environmental perceptions, understandings, and action. The 2015 festival highlights the subject of belief, curated around five themes: resilience, sacrifice, retreat, belonging, and knowledge. The roster includes 40 films set on six different continents and over 20 countries, with genres from documentary to drama — …

A New Politics of Human Rights: Crossing Disciplines, Regions, and Issues

Registration is free and open to all members of the UW-Madison, community members and others interested in human rights for the three day conference that begins at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, and lasts through 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Conference overview: The study and practice of human rights is burgeoning. Scholars in nearly all …

CDC’s Selected Zoonotic Diseases Conference Call

Tentative Meeting Agenda: CDC on Influenza – Michael Jhung, MD & USDA on Influenza – Thomas R. Walker NASPHV on Influenza – Stacy Holzbauer, DVM, MPH For More Information about One Health at CDC: www.cdc.gov/onehealth

Africa at Noon

Conversations: Fantasy Coffin Tradition and Innovation Eric Adjetey Anang Visiting Ghanaian Artist University of Wisconsin-Madison Mary Hark Associate Professor, School of Human Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison Thomas Loeser Professor, Art Department University of Wisconsin-Madison Eric Adjetey Anang is a third generation fantasy coffin builder whose work responds to popular culture and addresses social issues. His fantastically designed coffins …

Global health leader, Chris Olsen, retires

As he retires, Christopher Olsen leaves behind a legacy of global health leadership and education.

Climate Change & Public Health: Policy in Action Social Hour & Panel Discussion

Members of the American Public Health Association (APHA) are invited to a Social Hour and Evening Panel celebrating the UW-Madison Climate Change Policy and Public Health Massive Open Online Course that begins Nov. 9. The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, November 1, with a social hour, followed by a panel discussion at 6:45 p.m., …

Ayotzinapa: We Will Not Wither

The exhibit is the result of months of preparation and collaboration of Memorial Library and Axolote (formed by some graduate students from the departments of Spanish & Portuguese, Art, History, Communication Arts, and friends). On September 26, 2014, several students from the Rural Teacher’s College Raúl Isidro Burgos in Ayotzinapa—a school that caters to the rural poor …

Race & Health: Stories of Inequity

Join Partners in Health-Engage Madison for a TED style panel, a moderated discussion, and an advocacy fair on the intersection of Race and Health. Five distinguished speakers will share their expertise on the topic, including: Dr. Patrick Remington, an expert in population health and local disparities; Dr. Edward Vargas, who investigates how socio-political, familial, and …