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Poverty, Race, and Disparities in Health
Join WUD Society & Politics for an important talk about poverty, health equity, and racial disparities in health in the United States given by Dr. Cindy Haq and Christina Fok. Cindy Haq is Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She has been a…
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Fish-Harnack Lecture: Buergenthal to talk about Auschwitz, human rights
Thomas Buergenthal spent the first 11 years of his life under the cloud of Nazi Germany, growing up in the Jewish ghetto of Kielce, Poland, and later in concentration camps at Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen. At age 17, Buergenthal immigrated to the United States, on a path to becoming one of the world’s leading international human…
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WKOW: Dr. David Gaus, a member of the GHI Advisory, is preparing to head to Ecuador after earthquakes
Dr. David Gaus, a member of the GHI Advisory, is preparing to head to Ecuador after earthquakes
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UW-Madison students awarded summer fellowships for community-based projects
Coming to a Wisconsin community near you this summer: New sustainability initiatives. Or perhaps, Shakespeare. All part of the second-annual Wisconsin Open Education Community Fellowships.
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Scientists describe new model to enhance Zika virus research
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) have developed one of the first mouse models for the study of Zika virus.