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Sustainable cities work for climate change

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

Campus Nepali community asks for help after earthquake; candlelight vigil planned.

In Sierra Leone, a chance to learn from Ebola

In Sierra Leone, a chance to learn from Ebola

Program Helps Address Nursing Shortage in Rural Wisconsin

Program Helps Address Nursing Shortage in Rural Wisconsin

Changes in Land Use, Climate and Agriculture Undermine Efforts to Clean up the Madison Lakes

Changes in Land Use, Climate and Agriculture Undermine Efforts to Clean Up the Madison Lakes

The 2015 Wisconsin Without Borders Award Ceremony

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 …

Dying with dignity in Rwanda: Exploring country-wide improvements in access and availability of opioids for palliative care

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 …

Mildred Fish Harnack Lecture

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. …

Rhodessa Jones: Creating Serious Fun–the Medea Project in South Africa

Rhodessa Jones is an actor, writer, director and founder of the internationally acclaimed Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women. After more than 30 years, the project has become a model for community-based, process-oriented theater for incarcerated women around the world. Jones has worked with women in South African prisons since 2006. The Medea Project’s workshops …

Suspending Kenya travel a difficult move

UW decision to suspend Kenya travel was a difficult move to ensure student safety.