Ellen Small Billard is coming to the University of Wisconsin–Madison! She is a social worker, humanitarian, and advocate with a passion for social justice and a love for the Middle East. She co-founded Road to Mafraq, a non-profit organization, which aims to increase access to education and healthcare for children affected by conflict in the …
More information about the Blank event. Approximate schedule: 9:00 AM Registration table opens. 10:00 AM Dining room doors open; announcements projected on-screen. If you expect to sit with others in your party, be sure to arrive early. Seats cannot be “saved” after 10:45. 11:00 AM Youth Grant awards, public affairs speaker Lori DiPrete Brown 11:20 AM Lunch Cole slaw BBQ braised …
For the third time in a row, AFRICaide (http://www.africaide.org/) , a local community organization, and women in the community are organizing a conference to celebrate International Women’s Day on Saturday March 5, 2016. We will be having speakers and small group discussions on Gender Parity from the local to the global level. The conference will go from 10:30 am until …
If you missed "The Promise of Paris," watch the video now as a Wisconsin panel reviews the U.N. climate talks' impact on Wisconsin.
Climate change is affecting women in higher numbers, with famine, disease and now the dangers of the Zika virus.
Lori Diprete Brown the Associate Director for Education and Engagement, at Global Health Institute will be a part of The Health of the Next Generation hosted by Chicago Council on Global Affairs. This year’s International Women’s Day Global Health Symposium will explore the health of the next generation for women and girls locally, nationally, and internationally. …
Peter Blank standing in front of a monoculture of Big Bluestem. Photo: Tim Whitby This story was originally posted on wisc.edu Grassland bioenergy could be a win-win for Wisconsin’s farmers and its wildlife. A new University of Wisconsin—Madison and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources study shows that converting marginal farmlands to perennial grassland biofuel crops could …
UW researcher David O'Connor saw first concerns over babies affected by Zika virus.
GHI Director Jonathan Patz says Clean Power Plan is not just energy policy and dollars but lives and people dying.
Wisconsin Without Borders is accepting nominations for its annual awards for students, faculty and staff recognizing community engagement.