Celebrate Monona’s Year of the Bike and Green Living month at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center with a public lecture on climate, energy and sustainability. Postdoctoral researcher Maggie Grabow (PhD, MPH) from the University of Wisconsin’s Global Health Institute will discuss the environmental and human health benefits of bicycling. Bicycling is fun, convenient, cheaper, and better for the environment …
Watch a free screening of Girl Rising, a documentary film about the strength of human spirit and the power of education to change the world. There will be a brief reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by the film at 6 p.m. and then following the film there will be a discussion about girls’ education in …
Jonathan Patz and Jason Vargo show how sustainable cities work for climate change in Huffington Post's "What's Working" series on the environment.
Campus Nepali community asks for help after earthquake; candlelight vigil planned.
In Sierra Leone, a chance to learn from Ebola
Program Helps Address Nursing Shortage in Rural Wisconsin
Changes in Land Use, Climate and Agriculture Undermine Efforts to Clean Up the Madison Lakes
The 2015 Wisconsin Without Borders Award Ceremony will take place on Friday, April 24th at 9:00 a.m. Wisconsin Without Borders recognizes work that demonstrates outstanding examples of globally engaged scholarship by members of the UW-Madison community. Awards are offered to faculty/academic staff, graduate/professional students, and undergraduate depending and carry a prize of between $500-1,500 per …
Jean-Claude Tayari Kanyamanza, a clinical pharmacist and director of Pharmaceutical Supply Chain for the Rwanda Biomedical Center, Ministry of Health, will discuss the recent improvements in access to opioid pain medicines for palliative care in Rwanda. He will discuss a recent initiative to establish an oral morphine solution production lab and government-sponsored opioid prescription training for physicians from district …
Obiora Chinedu Okafor, a respected academic on international, human rights, and immigration/refugee law, will deliver the 2015 Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture on Wednesday, April 22 at 4:00 p.m. Sponsored by the UW–Madison Human Rights Program, Division of International Studies, and African Studies Program, this event is free and open to the public. …