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Sustain Dane’s Badger Bioneers Conference 2017
Sustainability is about people. It’s about you. It’s about all of us — together. To create a better future, we must honor the diverse experiences that make us human. But, at the same time, we must embrace the universal humanity that connects us all. At Sustain Dane’s Badger Bioneers Conference, we will explore the idea of human(ity) — the duality of…
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The Effect of Medicaid Spending, Health, and Well-Being
Health economist Katherine Baicker will give the 2017 Paul Offner Lecture, titled, The Effect of Medicaid Spending, Health, and Well-Being: Evidence and Implications for Reform. With the future of Medicaid and public health insurance subsidies in flux, gauging the effects of public insurance on health care spending, financial security, and physical and mental health is…
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Global Health Tuesday: Developing a Global Flood Prediction Model
Full presentation below: Donghoon Lee, a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, will discuss his research with Paul Block, who received a 2016 GHI Seed Grant to investigate how better flood prediction can support advanced disaster preparedness and identify public health risks. Among all natural hazards, flood catastrophes consistently have the greatest impact…
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After the Baby Bust: The Politics and Ecology of Zero Population Growth
Having calmed down from overblown twentieth century fears of overpopulation, the world has yet to grapple with the end of population growth—and even de-population—that will occur this century. Global population growth rates peaked in the 1970s, and if current trends continue, some countries could see their citizenries substantially depleted in the coming decades. As native…
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Health access program bridges micro-finance, health for Uganda’s poor
Health access program bridges micro-finance, health for Uganda’s poor