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The United Nations: An Insider’s View
Join Suhail Khan as he sheds light on these and other questions you bring. As a young professional, Mr. Khan will share his journey, address issues you’ve been curious about, and discuss the skills you’ll need in order to have the competitive edge in a search for an internship or job at the UN.
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Deadlines approaching for faculty, staff and students to apply for grants to further global health
Deadlines near for new round of Global Health Institute grants to faculty, staff and students.
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Right to Identity: Child Abandonment, Trafficking, Migration and Protection
Dr. Jean Geran, Co-Director for Human Rights, Child Protection and Global Policy of the Social Transformations to End Exploitation and Trafficking for Sex (STREETS) Initiative, will discuss a child’s right to identity during a free public lecture. For more information, please visit: http://international.wisc.edu/blog/index.php/2014/11/04/2014-soffa-lecture/ and http://sohe.wisc.edu/4w/
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Writing AIDS: (Re)Conceptualizing the Individual and Social Body in Spanish American Literature
This talk will discuss the ways in which AIDS has pervaded the personal and social imaginings of the body by highlighting textual representations found in Spanish American literature where AIDS has a significant role. I will reference my recent scholarship on these literary realms and then will talk briefly about my current research into visual…
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Social media for social good: Researchers estimate air pollution from online posts
UW-Madison computer science researchers develop a method to use social media posts to estimate air pollution levels.