University of Wisconsin–Madison

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New World Voices: Jonathan Patz on climate change and health; UW alumna Carybeth Reddy on why she loves the world

New in World Voices: Jonathan Patz at the University of Geneva; Global health certificate alumna and Peace Corps volunteer Carybeth Reddy on why she loves the world.

Carybeth Reddy, Peace Corps volunteer, answers why she loves the world

Carybeth Reddy, a former Global Health Institute intern and field course participant, wrote the following post on her blog, Ode to the Road. The UW-Madison 2012 graduate from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences says her international experience while at UW-Madison motivated her to join the Peace Corps. She’s in Cameroon as a Peace …

Patz discusses health benefits of addressing climate change

GHI Director Jonathan Patz gave the University of Geneva semester-opening lecture on the health benefits of addressing climate change.

Monona, Wis., introduces Year of the Bike

GHI researcher Maggie Grabow sows seeds for Monona, Wis., Year of the Bike.

Professor Alta Charo: Education is best remedy for anti-vaccine movement

UW bioethics professor Alta Charo: Education is best remedy for anti-vaccine movement.

UW-Madison partners with communities, nonprofits to address urban food insecurity

UW-Madison researchers helping boost availability and consumption of healthy food in urban communities, including Milwaukee.

Write to Learn: Potatoes, Literacy and the Wisconsin Idea

Write to Learn: Potatoes, Literacy and the Wisconsin Idea--Students pursuing Undergraduate Certificate in Global Health share nutritional benefits of sweet potatoes, and creative writing, with Ethiopian children.

Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink

New UW-Madison study shows climate change models need to include plant-eating insects that may limit the ability of forests to absorb carbon dioxide.

Could squirmy livestock dent Africa’s protein deficit?

Valerie Stull and Rachel Bergmans look at mealworms as an inexpensive microlivestock that produces an easy source of protein. And win the Climate Quest Competition.

Climate change driving brutal weather?

UW-Madison climate scientist Stephen Vavrus and colleagues find more evidence linking a wavy jet stream to brutal weather--and a warming Arctic, where climate change is happening faster than in Earth’s middle latitudes.