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GHI supports SVM researcher to help find Zika virus in Colombia, look for ways to stop it

GHI helped fund the doctoral student whose work was key to finding the Zika virus in Columbia.

Wisc.edu: Medical Students Work in Milwaukee to ‘TRIUMPH’ Over Health Problems

University of Wisconsin medical students are placed in medically undeserved communities outside of Madison to address health challenges. The TRIUMPH program works in Milwaukee's south side where obesity is a rising issue.

Madison Committee on Foreign Relations: Human Health – the Greatest Beneficiary From Climate Change Policy

Join the Madison Committee on Foreign Relations as Jonathan Patz presents Human Health – the Greatest Beneficiary from Climate Change Policy. Registration for this event is required. In December, world leaders convened in Paris for the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP) on climate change to negotiate binding commitments on greenhouse gas reductions.  But are the trade-offs …

Army of students mobilized to work with Monona on first UniverCity Year project

UniverCity Year mobilizes an army of students to boost urban sustainability with its first partner, the city of Monona, Wisconsin.

UVM: Lecture: Jonathan Patz

High School students explore global health

High School students explore global health

“The Nation’s Health:” Climate change, health take center stage at Annual Meeting

Climate Change Paris Summit–What happened | Dr. Jonathan Patz

GHI Director Jonathan Patz shares insights from the United Nations climate change conference in Paris. The Conference of the Parties led to a December agreement in which nations around the world agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to curb global warming. For more information, call 715-682-1264 or email soei@northland.edu.

Bird Habitat Changing Quickly As Climate Change Proceeds

The climatic conditions needed by 285 species of land birds in the United States have moved rapidly between 1950 and 2011 as a result of climate change, according to a recent paper published in Global Change Biology. “Our goal was to look at the climate where these birds were observed breeding over this period and …

Live From Paris: Connecting Wisconsin and the U.N. Climate Talks

Watch the video as GHI Director Jonathan Patz and colleagues report live from the United Nations climate talks in Paris.