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Addressing our biggest challenges — and mysteries — at the Wisconsin Science Festival
Among the hundreds of events offered during the Wisconsin Science Festiva, four in-depth discussions in Madison on some of the most significant challenges science is addressing — and universal questions science is answering.
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New funding opportunity supports research into contemporary social problems
Next spring, the OVCRGE will award two-year grants for research with implications for tackling contemporary social problems in order to promote economic prosperity, enhance social and psychological well-being and improve health outcomes in the United States.
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GHI Associate Director Lori DiPrete Brown shares her global experience in new book, a webinar and a seminar
October 30: GHI Associate Director Lori DiPrete Brown will give a Global Health Tuesday talk about the future directors of global health education and UW-Madison’s role.
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In dangerous fungal family’s befriending of plants, a story of loss
GHI Advisory Committee member Anne Pringle and other researchers show that gene loss — not the evolution of new genes — helped drive the fly amanita mushroom into its symbiotic relationship with plants.
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How bad will the flu be this season?
GHI Associate Director Jim Conway spoke with WPR about the upcoming flu season, what people need to pay attention to and when to get the flu shot.