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New UW-Madison Planetary Health Scholars Program Creates Synergy for a Healthier Future

The new Planetary Health Graduate Scholarship programs encourages students and their advisors to work across disciplines, discovering new insights into their work and new paths toward a sustainable, healthy tomorrow for humans and the planet.

New Health-Oriented Transportation (HOT) Topic Seminar Series launches

JULY 20, 4:00 p.m.: HOT Topic Seminar with Robert Schneider, associate professor of Urban Planning, UW-Milwaukee, presenting “How to Increase Walking and Bicycling: Mode Shift Theory and Supporting Studies,” on WebEx.

Coal shipping in Twin Ports drops to lowest level in decades while wind cargo surges

Meeting our New Affiliates: Zuzana Burivalova

UW-Madison researchers lead efforts to understand, thwart new coronavirus

MADISON – Back in 2016, when Zika virus first began to cause infections in the Americas, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers pulled together a coalition of scientists to study the virus and openly share their data for others. Two weeks ago, those researchers – David O’Connor, professor at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, …

WSJ: Wisconsin’s first case of new coronavirus from China is resident from Dane County

GHI Director of the Graduate • Professional • Capstone Certificate in Global Health Program Chris Olsen discusses the origins of the coronavirus with WSJ.

How the World Health Organization Responds to Disease Outbreaks

Ambassador John Lange, a member of the GHI Board of Visitors, discusses The Who response to disease outbreaks.

UW-Madison’s Christopher Olsen on Wuhan Coronavirus

Chris Olsen, GHI director of the Graduate • Professional • Capstone Certificates in Global Health, spoke with WORT News about the Wuhan Coronavirus.

WSJ: Scientists study, prepare for Chinese coronavirus in Wisconsin

2020 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients announced

Among them is Paul Block, a member of the GHI Advisory Committee, and Andrea Hicks, a GHI Planetary Health Advisor. Congratulations!