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2015 Energy Conference: Energy Expressway
What: UW Energy Hub Annual Conference: “Energy Expressway” Where: Gordon Dining and Events Center, 2nd Floor Sonata Meeting Room When: Friday, November 13th, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm REGISTER HERE: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6H7SBNG “Energy Expressway” will host several speakers in the morning and several in the afternoon with refreshments and the Wisconsin Energy and Sustainability Challenge. Conference sponsors will…
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MOOC: Climate Change Policy and Public Health
Climate change is having and will continue to have a dramatic impact on global public health – from natural disasters and the increased spread of infectious disease to predicted crop losses and heat waves. A MOOC starting in November 2015 will also students to take part in the conversation around climate change and connect with…
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Tales from the Planet Earth: Environmental Film Festival
Grounded in religion and experience, spirituality and science, beliefs profoundly shape environmental perceptions, understandings, and action. The 2015 festival highlights the subject of belief, curated around five themes: resilience, sacrifice, retreat, belonging, and knowledge. The roster includes 40 films set on six different continents and over 20 countries, with genres from documentary to drama —…
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A New Politics of Human Rights: Crossing Disciplines, Regions, and Issues
Registration is free and open to all members of the UW-Madison, community members and others interested in human rights for the three day conference that begins at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, and lasts through 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Conference overview: The study and practice of human rights is burgeoning. Scholars in nearly all…
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CDC’s Selected Zoonotic Diseases Conference Call
Tentative Meeting Agenda: CDC on Influenza – Michael Jhung, MD & USDA on Influenza – Thomas R. Walker NASPHV on Influenza – Stacy Holzbauer, DVM, MPH For More Information about One Health at CDC: www.cdc.gov/onehealth