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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 …

Global Health Seminar Series: “Few Poisons More Deadly Than a Mad Dog’s Tooth”

UW-Madison alumnus Dr. Ryan Wallace, a veterinary epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will discuss his work with rabies control around the world. His talk is “Few Poisons More Deadly Than a Mad Dog’s Tooth: Current perspectives on the global effort for rabies control.” Wallace joined the CDC Rabies Program in 2012, …

Commuter Solutions offers spring biking tips

Commuter Solutions offers spring biking tips

Frank Kronenberg: The Politics of Being Human

Activist, author and occupational therapist Frank Kronenberg from South Africa will open his UW-Madison talk by engaging the audience around the core question of “How are we doing together—as humanity and as health professionals.” He asks: “If caring deeply about humanity is to be the shared heartbeat of all health professionals, can we then afford …

GHI programs associate among those honored for engagement beyond campus borders

GHI programs associate Sweta Shrestha among those honored for engagement beyond campus borders for her work in Nepal.

Tests show Midwestern canine influenza outbreak is result of new strain

Tests show Midwestern canine influenza outbreak is result of new strain.

Population Health Seminar: The Child Equity Agenda

The Department of Population Health Sciences and the UW Population Health Institute are hosting Renee Boynton-Jarrett, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine. At this Population Health Seminar she will be speaking on “The Child Equity Agenda: The Role of Visual Data and Cross-Sector Collaborations to Reduce Early Life Adversity.” If you …

Wisconsin Film Festival: In the Shadow of Ebola

UW-Madison Professor and current director of the Nelson Institute’s Center for Culture, History and Environment, Gregg Mitman has directed a documentary titled In the Shadow of Ebola that will be airing at the Wisconsin Film Festival on April 11 and 12. The 26 minute documentary tells the story of Emmanuel Urey, a Liberian student at school in Madison, …

Sustainability Forum 2015: Rethinking Our Consumption

Maggie Grabow presented "Mindfulness and Sustainable Behaviors" at the 2015 Sustainability Forum