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Infectious Disease Group: Department of Public Health
Special seminar in global health The New Global Malaria Eradication Program: Challenges and Lessons Learned from the South Pacific” Tom Burkot, PhD, Professor and Tropical Leader, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University Department of Entomology 2 pm September 21st Room 150, Russell Laboratories The seminar will review the original DDT based malaria…
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Graduate Students Take on Global Health Challenges
Graduate Students Take on Global Health Challenges
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Internship spotlight: Hovel gets hands-on experience in public health
Internship spotlight: Hovel gets hands-on experience in public health
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Global Hot Spots: “Laudato Si’ The Global Wisconsin Idea and Papa Francesco’s invitation to all people on Earth to dialogue “on care for our common home.”
In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis critiqued consumerism and irresponsible development, lamented environmental degradation and global warming, and called on all people of the world to take “swift and unified global action.” Recently, Dr. Calvin B. DeWitt, an environmental scientist in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joined five other speakers, including the…
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Land Use, Climate Change and Yahara Lakes Flooding
Annual maximum water levels on the Yahara Lakes have been increasing over time as a result of urbanization and growth in the magnitude and frequency of extreme rainfalls. Climate models predict continued increases in weather extremes, and urbanization is expected to continue in the watershed. This lecture will explore whether Dane County’s stormwater ordinance is…