University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Uncategorized

Huffington Post: There’s a strong link between solving the global climate crisis and improving health

Vargo taking livable cities message to national publications

Assistant scientist Jason Vargo is taking livable cities message to national publications

Scientific American: How people make summer hotter

Smithsonian: Humans are becoming city-dwelling “metro sapiens”

Climate change: Challenges and opportunities for global health

Climate change: Challenges and opportunities for global health

Climate change and displacement in the indigenous region of Gunayala, Panama

Carlos Arenas discusses how climate change is displacing indigenous pwoplw in Gunayala, Panama.

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.

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.

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.

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.