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Considering health education through a One Health lens

The concept of One Health creates a framework for thinking about educating the next generation of health professionals, says Christopher Olsen, acting director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Friday, April 24, Olsen joins the Institute of Medicine Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education to discuss “A global health …

OutSmart Flu: Smart Phone-based influenza-like Illness Surveillance

As a part of the Population Health Sciences Monday Seminars, Ajay K. Sethi, Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be speaking on “OutSmart Flu: Smart Phone-based Influenza-like Inness Surveillance at UW-Madison.” If you cannot attend in person, view the live stream online. Visit: http://live.videos.med.wisc.edu/ and click …

9th Annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference

Join the Nelson Institute for their Earth Day conference, it will be “a day of learning and discussion as we explore the latest science, perspectives and possibilities presented by our rapidly changing planet – featuring a keynote address by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.” For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/events/earth-day/      

WUD Global Connections: Sumak Muyo

Join WUD Global Connections for their weekly program, Afternoon Conversation Series, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Friday, April 17, in Prairie Fire (Union South), to hear women of microenterprise group Sumak Muyo tell their story. Ines Bonilla, Monica Morales and Flora Yepez are visiting UW-Madison from the village of La Calera, Ecuador, to learn and share their …