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WKOW: Dr. David Gaus, a member of the GHI Advisory, is preparing to head to Ecuador after earthquakes
Dr. David Gaus, a member of the GHI Advisory, is preparing to head to Ecuador after earthquakes
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UW-Madison students awarded summer fellowships for community-based projects
Coming to a Wisconsin community near you this summer: New sustainability initiatives. Or perhaps, Shakespeare. All part of the second-annual Wisconsin Open Education Community Fellowships.
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Scientists describe new model to enhance Zika virus research
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) have developed one of the first mouse models for the study of Zika virus.
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“Experimental Approaches to Disparities: Manipulations of Neighborhood Disadvantage in a Virtual Environment”
Neighborhood disadvantage is an independent predictor of health and development. However, the breadth of causal inferences that can be drawn regarding neighborhood effects is limited due to the conceptual and methodological challenges of large-scale interventions. Moreover, it has been hypothesized that neighborhoods influence health, in part, through how social and physical environments impact emotion, health…
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Donna Shalala: “Women, Well-being, Wisconsin, the World”
Donna E. Shalala is the president of the Clinton Foundation. Previously, she served as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1987 to 1993, and as president of the University of Miami and Professor of Political Science. She also served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Shalala returns to campus to remind listeners…