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WPR: Home, Health Go Hand in Hand, According to Policy Group’s Report
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WPR explores how climate change affects Wisconsin’s iconic foods
Learn how climate change affects Wisconsin’s most iconic foods — including cheese, wild rice, potatoes, beer and walleye — in these reports from Wisconsin Public Radio.
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Out today in JAMA online: Patz and colleagues call for climate action now to benefit health
Disappointed with the lack of action at the 25th United Nations climate change conference (COP25) last year in Madrid, Jonathan Patz, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI), and colleagues call for renewed dedication to reduce fossil fuel emissions to benefit health in a Viewpoint commentary released online today (February 28, 2020)…
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UW-Madison ranked 1st in producing Peace Corps volunteers
The Peace Corps has announced that for the fourth year in a row, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is No. 1 on the agency’s list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2020. There are 79 Badgers currently volunteering around the world. Since the agency’s founding in 1961, around 3,369 alumni from University of Wisconsin–Madison have…
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Madela Washington Scholars return to UW-Madison in summer 2020
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has again been selected as an Institute Partner for the 2020 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Beginning in mid-June, UW-Madison will host 25 of Africa’s bright, emerging Public Management leaders for a six-week Leadership Institute, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. This is the fourth year the university…