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Symposium keynote will look to Indigenous philosophies as a recipe to living well
Mariaelena Huambachano has spent her life crossing cultures: Of Quechua lineage, she was born and raised in Chorillos, Peru, and, at 19, immigrated to Aotearoa New Zealand. She earned her master’s and doctoral degrees to give voice to Indigenous ways of being in Western academia. On April 14, the assistant professor of Civil Society and…
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Another way to prevent disease: Don’t mess with Mother Nature
Trees along the Nanay River in the Peruvian rainforest fell as the population exploded, a road was paved and fields expanded. Researchers, including Jonathan Patz, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI), showed the rate of bites from malaria-carrying mosquitoes was more than 200 times higher than in forested areas. Diseases emerge…
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‘Long overdue’: UW-Madison professors urge UW Foundation to divest from fossil fuel companies
GHI Director Jonathan Patz among faculty members urging UW Foundation to divest from fossil fuel companies.
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Impacts of insect consumption on human health
In a new article, GHI Postdoctoral Research Associate Valerie Stull explores how edible insects promote human health.
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How five universities tried to handle COVID-19 on campus
Take a look at how five universities including UW-Madison handled COVID-19 this past fall semester.