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Third Annual Sustain-A-Bash
Join We Conserve, the Office of Sustainability and UW Housing in celebration of sustainable living on the Gordon Commons lawn! Event info here.
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Are Ebola and ‘One Health’ approach in cahoots?
Rob Wallace, an evolutionary biologist visiting the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota, kicks off a new programming series for UW-Madison’s African Studies program. He will discuss Ebola and One Health as part of the African Studies lecture series on “One Health and the History of Infectious Disease Research.” Wallace’s research addresses…
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Zika Virus – A Perspective from Brazil
Presented as part of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine’s Seminar Series, Dr. Esper Kallas will discuss the Zika Virus. Esper G. Kallas, M.D., Ph.D., is an Infectious Diseases Specialist and a Professor of Medicine at the Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has been conducting clinical…
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Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture
Viviana Krsticevic, executive director of the Center for Justice and International Law in Washington, D.C., delivers the annual Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture. She will discuss “Judging and Gender in the International Realm.” The lecture will focus on the dearth of female representation in international tribunals and monitoring bodies, and the impact the…
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Africa at Noon: Jonathan Patz and Jason Vargo
Global Health Institute Director Jonathan Patz and Assistant Scientist Jason Vargo will discuss their work in Ethiopia with the Bikable Bahir Dar initiative.