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Science Festival: Ebola in Context
World health leaders warn that the aftermath of the recent Ebola crisis presents a critical moment to develop strategies for future infectious disease outbreaks. Join a wide-ranging group of world-renowned experts as they revisit the Ebola crisis and discuss future global health emergencies. Presenters include virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka and historian of science Gregg Mitman, both…
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Midwest Environmental Education Conference
The Midwest Environmental Education Conference is held every two years. This year’s conference, hosted by the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education, is slated to be filled with amazing speakers, incredible field trips and great hands-on sessions to help fuel your environmental education endeavors. The Midwest Environmental Education Conference will take place in Madison, Wisconsin at…
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Walk the Walk!
The Morgridge Center for Public Service, Community Shares of Wisconsin, UHS and the School of Journalism invite you to Walk the Walk! Walk the Walk is an annual tour of social and environmental justice organizations in the UW-Madison neighborhood. Students, faculty and staff can choose from one of three themed walking tours to learn about…
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Still the Geography of Hope: How Public Land Can Restore the Soul, and the Environmental Movement
The Wisconsin Academy invites you to the 2015 Jordahl Public Lands Lecture, featuring National Book Award-winning author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Timothy Egan Still the Geography of Hope: How Public Land Can Restore the Soul, and the Environmental Movement, an evening with Timothy Egan Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive • Madison, WI…
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What We’re Writing Now: New Books from UW Faculty
As a part of the Wisconsin Book Festival, Richard Keller, Caroline Levine and Scott Straus will be presenting. UW-Madison faculty in the fields of Medical History and Bioethics, Political Science, and Literary Studies convene to talk about their recently released, field-shaping publications. Richard Keller, Scott Straus, and Caroline Levine will discuss their work on the…