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Wisconsin Without Borders Awards
Wisconsin Without Borders recognizes work that demonstrates outstanding examples of globally engaged scholarship by members of the UW-Madison community. Awards are offered to faculty/academic staff, graduate/professional students, and undergraduate students. GHI is a co-sponsor of the awards.
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Six-legged livestock? Edible insects for global health
NEW DATE: Feb. 12–Six-legged livestock? GHI’s Valerie Stull explores the nutrition and environmental benefits of edible insects.
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WPR: Why climate change is a major public health issue
GHI Director Jonathan Patz explains the connection between climate change and human health and the research he’s been doing.
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Wisconsin State Journal: Know your Madisonian: Academia gets real
UniverCity Alliance Director Gavin Luter discusses his job, the UniverCity Year Program and challenges facing Wisconsin communities.
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ScienceDaily: Nearly one in five Tibetan refugee schoolchildren has tuberculosis infection, study finds
A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison said it has found not only a startlingly high prevalence of TB disease and infection but also a potentially workable strategy to eliminate the disease in a large, high-risk group. The program was established during a GHI Quality Improvement Leadership Institute.