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Rhodessa Jones: Creating Serious Fun–the Medea Project in South Africa
Rhodessa Jones is an actor, writer, director and founder of the internationally acclaimed Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women. After more than 30 years, the project has become a model for community-based, process-oriented theater for incarcerated women around the world. Jones has worked with women in South African prisons since 2006. The Medea Project’s workshops…
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Suspending Kenya travel a difficult move
UW decision to suspend Kenya travel was a difficult move to ensure student safety.
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‘My Earth’ Energy-Tracking App Encourages Sustainable Behaviors
‘My Earth’ Energy-Tracking app encourages sustainable behaviors.
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Considering health education through a One Health lens
The concept of One Health creates a framework for thinking about educating the next generation of health professionals, says Christopher Olsen, acting director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Friday, April 24, Olsen joins the Institute of Medicine Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education to discuss “A global health…
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Global Health Seminar Series: Education, Ebola and Empowering Girls in The Gambia
Mam-Yassin Sarr’s lectures about the importance of educating girls to advance global health.