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CIHR Fellow Evaluates Feasibility of “Social Prescriptions” for College Students
CIHR fellow & GHI collaborator Dr. Maggie Grabow evaluates feasibility of “Social Prescriptions” for college students.
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Christopher Olsen named Global Health Institute director of graduate certificate program
Christopher Olsen has been named director of the Graduate|Professional|Capstone Certificate in Global Health.
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Break the Cycle: The Power of Food to Interrupt the Revolving Door of Prisons
Join the Nelson Institute for a film screening and conversation facilitated by Fabu Phillis Carter examining the interconnections between race, mass incarceration and urban agriculture. REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED BY SLOW FOOD UW. Cinematography & Editor: Nyal Mueenuddin Producers: Mattie Naythons, Jamie Trapp, Katie Faryniarz, Mackenzie Marcus, and Carrie Lierl More information: nelson.wisc.edu/events/everyones-earth Funding provided by: Ira and…
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La Follette Seminar Series: The Economic Returns to Interventions that Increase Learning
In the past decade, hundreds of studies have measured the learning outcomes of education interventions. The impact sizes often are reported in terms of “standard deviations,” making them difficult to communicate to policymakers beyond education specialists. David Evans of the World Bank will discuss two alternative approaches to demonstrate the effectiveness of learning interventions: one…
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Transportation and Health: How will we get there?
James Woodcock, Ph.D., MSc, a senior research associate with the Centre for Diet and Activity Research at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, focuses on modeling health and sustainability, especially how to improve health in the transition to a low-carbon transportation system. He will introduce the methods and results of studies that have modeled…