University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Planetary Health

How the World Health Organization Responds to Disease Outbreaks

Ambassador John Lange, a member of the GHI Board of Visitors, discusses The Who response to disease outbreaks.

WSJ: Scientists study, prepare for Chinese coronavirus in Wisconsin

UW-Madison UniverCity Year program seeks faculty to partner with counties

Finding practical solutions to community-based challenges is at the heart of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s UniverCity Year. Launched in 2016 with the Wisconsin Idea in mind, the program has traditionally partnered with a single community on projects to accelerate innovation and improve the lives of people in Wisconsin. This year, UniverCity Year expects to make a …

2019 is the wettest year ever recorded for Wisconsin and the Midwest

The year’s not over, but 2019 will already go down as the wettest year ever across the Midwest and Wisconsin since record-keeping began in 1895. More than 43 inches of rain and snow — 43.48 inches to be exact — fell across nine states in the Midwest through November. The total bumps the previous record set back …

Global Health Tuesday: Exploring What Makes Healthy Streams

January 28, 2020: Emma Lundberg discusses her work with healthy streams in a Global Health Tuesday seminar.

Wisconsin Without Borders Awards

Applications are due March 1, 2020.

GHI, Nelson support Global Climate and Health Summit at COP 25

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies are key supporters of the Global Climate and Health Summit taking place Saturday, December 7, at United Nations COP 25 climate change conference in Madrid. The one-day summit, convened by the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) in collaboration with the World …