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Ebola Seminar
Join us this Thursday for a seminar on Ebola hosted by the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Jens H. Kuhn, a principal at Tunnell Government Services and the lead virologist at the Integrated Research Facility in Frederick, Maryland, will discuss literature research, Soviet bioweapons, medical anthropology, and the influence of anecdotes on research trajectories.…
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Zoonoses & One Health June Conference Call
An hour of discussion on ticks and tickborne diseases from accredited epidemiologists via conference call. The Veterinary Diagnostic Center is hosting a listening session for the conference call or you may call in at the number below. Tentative schedule of speakers is as follows: News from the CDC One Health Office Casey Barton Behravesh MS, DVM,…
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This Changes Everything Film and Community Discussion
Join 350 Madison and its partners for a screening of This Changes Everything, a film based on Naomi Klein’s bestseller “This Changes Everything, Capitalism vs. The Climate”. Filmed on five continents, the documentary is an epic attempt to re-imagine the challenge of climate change. As the film presents portraits of seven communities on the front…
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Lessons from the field
From Ecuador to Ethiopia, Global Health Field Courses allow students to explore and learn more about communities around the world. Even though the experience takes them several thousand miles away, students learn how many of the issues faced abroad are also issues faced in their communities here at home. Since 2011, 742 students have earned…
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LSC capstone creates campaigns to promote recycling in dorms
GHI Communications Intern Olivia Riedel is part of winning group that creates campaign to promote recycling in the dorms