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Vargo taking livable cities message to national publications
Assistant scientist Jason Vargo is taking livable cities message to national publications
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Deadlines approaching for faculty, staff and students to apply for grants to further global health
Deadlines near for new round of Global Health Institute grants to faculty, staff and students.
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Social media for social good: Researchers estimate air pollution from online posts
UW-Madison computer science researchers develop a method to use social media posts to estimate air pollution levels.
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Searching a Nigerian forest for answers to emerging health challenges
Sagan Friant, a doctoral student in Environment and Resources, discovers eating infected crabs causes lung fluke in in monkeys and people.
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Geran discusses a child abandonment and trafficking
UW-Madison alumna and 4W leader Jean Geran discusses child abandonment, trafficking and the right to identification documents in Soffa lecture.
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GHI offers grants for faculty, staff, students and visiting scholars
The Global Health Institute will award grants to faculty, staff and graduate students for work that advances global health research toward equitable and sustainable health for the world. Application information…
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Tanumihardjo Links Orange Maize to Vitamin A in Children
GHI Special Advisor Sherry Tanumihardjo publishes new research showing orange maize improves vitamin A in children.
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UW-Madison scientist Kawaoka on front lines in fight against Ebola
Yoshi Kawaoka, a UW-Madison virologist and GHi Advisory member, talks to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about his Ebola research.
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Goldberg joins Wis. group discussion Ebola
GHI Associate Director Tony Goldberg joined more than 200 health care and government officials in Milwaukee to discuss how Wisconsin would handle an Ebola outbreak.
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New nonprofit supports women in science
Earth Science Women's Network grows into nonprofit organization, is part of 4W initiative.
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What the U.S. is doing to prevent an Ebola outbreak
GHI Associate Director Tony Goldberg discusses Ebola on WPR, from biology to public education.
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Information available for safe travel in Western Africa
Due to the Ebola outbreak, UW-Madison Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf has provided information about travel in western Africa.
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Influenza researcher Yoshihiro Kawaoka wins Breakthrough Award
Influenza researcher Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a member of the GHI Advisory, wins a Popular Mechanics 2014 Breakthrough Award.
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UW-Madison hires first international safety and security director
UW-Madison has hired its first international safety director to help ensure safe global travel for faculty, staff and students.
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Conway part of consortium that’s improving global child health education
Dr. James Conway and Midwest Consortium improve global health child health education.
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Patz shows challenge/opportunity in climate change in Huff Post article
7 million deaths from air pollution, not enough exercise, rising greenhouse gasses - Patz shows climate change threats/opportunities in Huff Post article.