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Apply now for Medical Spanish for Health Science Students
Health science students are invited to apply now for Medical Spanish (Medical Sciences 622-735). The class helps students improve their Spanish-language skills in a medical interviewing context and effectively interact with Spanish-speaking patients from the community. Students earn one credit in the class taught by Araceli Alonso, R.N., Ph.D., an associate faculty member in the Department…
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Summer 2018 Undergraduate Field Course Abroad Applications Deadline
Programs in Ghana, Guatemala, Mexico, Nepal, Thailand and Uganda still accepting students for next summer — apply today! Local field courses summer 2018 Odanah, WI — Exploring Ecology, Culture, and Health in the Wisconsin Lake Superior Basin – Due Dec 1 Wisconsin (various locations) — Wisconsin Express is a set of one-week small-group field courses in Wisconsin run by…
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World AIDS Day Panel
Join us for our World AIDS Day Panel. Our panelists include advocates, educators, and members of communities affected by HIV. Lunch will be provided. Free testing is available from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the On Wisconsin C room. All students are welcome. For questions or accommodations, please contact msc@studentlife.wisc.edu.
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Weston Roundtable: Synthetic Biology and the Conservation of Nature.
Synthetic biology is a fast-moving innovative field with the potential to change our relationship to the natural world. It involves the design and construction of new biological parts, and the re-design of existing, natural biological systems. It has many potential applications, including replacing natural products with synthetic ones, reviving extinct species, and creating powerful tools…
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Environmental Breakfast: We’ll Always Have Paris
Join the Wisconsin Academy for their monthly conversation in the Environmental Breakfast series, “We’ll Always Have Paris.” The topic for this gathering will be “How Counties can lead” with Keith Reopelle, Director, Dane County Office of Energy and Climate Change. This series is presented as part of the Wisconsin Academy’s Climate & Energy Initiative. Register here.