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Movie Premiere: In Search of a Nation
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees there are 51.2 million people forcibly displaced across the world. Among them, 120,000 refugees are from Bhutan. A Wisconsin premiere of the movie In Search of a Nation is being organized by the Bhutanese Youth Club of Madison on June 27th at 7:00pm at Market Square…
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Health Equity Leadership Institute (HELI)
The Collaborative Center for Health Equity is hosting its 6th annual Health Equity Leadership Institute (HELI) June 14- 19. The week-long Institute partners with collaborators at the University of Maryland Center for Health Equity, as well as twenty-two diverse health equity/health disparities Scholars from Wisconsin, the region and across the nation! In partnership with the…
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Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is among the countries most vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change. Associate Professor Belay Simane, head of the Center for Environment and Development and associate dean for research in the College of Development Studies at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, is a leader in ecosystem-based climate change analysis. He looks especially at…
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Wisconsin Bike Week — June 6th – 13th, 2015
It’s time to celebrate all-things bicycling! Join us for dozens of events statewide to celebrate all Wisconsin cyclists. From family fun rides to commuter stations, and baseball games to overnight camping trips, there is something for everyone during Wiscosin Bike Week. Let’s have some fun and enjoy all the reasons we ride! Bike Weeks events…
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Limnology 4th annual Hasler Open House
The state of Wisconsin is defined by lakes and so is the University of Wisconsin. In fact, the UW-Madison campus runs along the shoreline of Lake Mendota, the “birthplace” of limnology (the scientific study of lakes) in North America. For more than 120 years, researchers have studied Madison’s lakes and on Friday, June 12 from…