To reduce barriers to communication and facilitate productive cross-campus collaboration, Wisconsin Prevention of Obesity and Diabetes and CIAS are hosting a “Healthy Food Systems” poster session on Nov. 14. This poster session will be held in conjunction with a lecture by Dr. Jules Pretty, an internationally recognized expert in sustainable agriculture from the University of Essex. …
During the last 20 years, Iraq’s doctors have been at the forefront of wars fought silently and obliquely during the Gulf Wars, the brutal twelve years of sanctions, and the 2003 invasion and occupation. In this instance, however, the figure of the doctor is not one of mere practitioner of medicine, but one whose activities …
Undergraduate global health field course fair. Representatives from each field course will be in attendance. This event will take place from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2014 in Union South. Questions? Contact Robin Mittenthal at mittenthal@wisc.edu
UW-Madison alumna and 4W leader Jean Geran discusses child abandonment, trafficking and the right to identification documents in Soffa lecture.
To celebrate the end of the First Annual Global Health Week we will be hosting a Dance Marathon and Raffle. Tickets for the event will be $5 online and $10 at the door. All proceeds will go to a local public health cause. For more information, please visit: www.globalhealthweekus.org GlobalHealthWeekFlyer
In 2010 the United States produced about 17 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, even though we only represent 4 percent of the world’s population. To make our minimally fair contribution toward reducing global emissions, we need to cut our emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Meeting these reduction targets will be …
GHI fellow Jameela Ali joins a Wisconsin Without Boarders discussion on this years Go Big Read book “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban.” This is a cultural event and panel discussion focusing on the theme of girls’ education from a variety of perspectives. Refreshments will …
Engineers without Boarders, the Village Health Project, MEDLIFE, GlobeMed, and Global and Public Health brigades have invited professors from various health related fields to talk about their areas of expertise. For more information, please visit: http://www.globalhealthweekuw.org/event-schedule.html
TAWI, Partners in Health, Climate Action 350, and NAMI will be on East Campus Mall facilitating some activities to raise awareness about different global health issues. For more information, please visit: http://www.globalhealthweekuw.org
Tedx UW-Madison convenes at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, with five speakers. GHI Assistant Scientist Jason Vargo, will present “Our Urban Nature.” GHI Advisory member Nancy Kendall, associate professor of education policy studies, will present “The Granny Core: A new approach to AIDS, orphans, and global support for care.”