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Walk the Walk!
The Morgridge Center for Public Service, Community Shares of Wisconsin, UHS and the School of Journalism invite you to Walk the Walk! Walk the Walk is an annual tour of social and environmental justice organizations in the UW-Madison neighborhood. Students, faculty and staff can choose from one of three themed walking tours to learn about…
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Still the Geography of Hope: How Public Land Can Restore the Soul, and the Environmental Movement
The Wisconsin Academy invites you to the 2015 Jordahl Public Lands Lecture, featuring National Book Award-winning author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Timothy Egan Still the Geography of Hope: How Public Land Can Restore the Soul, and the Environmental Movement, an evening with Timothy Egan Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive • Madison, WI…
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What We’re Writing Now: New Books from UW Faculty
As a part of the Wisconsin Book Festival, Richard Keller, Caroline Levine and Scott Straus will be presenting. UW-Madison faculty in the fields of Medical History and Bioethics, Political Science, and Literary Studies convene to talk about their recently released, field-shaping publications. Richard Keller, Scott Straus, and Caroline Levine will discuss their work on the…
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Weston Roundtable: Health–the Silver Lining of Climate Change Policy
Global Health Institute Director Jonathan Patz, professor and John P. Holton Chair in Health and the Environment, presents a Weston Roundtable lecture that looks at whether the costs and benefits of a low-carbon economy fully appreciated. The global climate crisis poses many risks to human health: heat waves, famines, weather-sensitive infectious diseases, extreme storms, sea level rise and infrastructure…
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Science Festival: Global Wisconsin Idea
The UW–Madison International Division convenes scientists working on some of the world’s most pressing problems. More than a half dozen scientists, with expertise ranging from geography to genetics, will share their groundbreaking work in five-minute flash talks covering topics from the origins of human life to the 2022 World Cup. Moderator: Richard Keller, associate dean, International…