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Can Season-Ahead Cyanobacteria Forecasts Improve Lake Mendota Beach Management?

GHI Advisory Committee member Paul J. Block, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering, discusses a model to help predict the potential for cyanobacteria biomass and beach closings during the summer season.

Strength in Connection: GHI Director’s Report October 2017

Strength In Connection, the October 2017 Global Health Institute Director’s Report is now available online. Learn about GHI’s education program and our future leaders. Check in with virus sleuth Tony Goldberg See how GHI grants fuel research across campus Discover how the GHI Quality Improvement Leadership Institute connected with the Dalai Lama Understand how GHI …

GHI Advisory Committee member leads research finding H7N9 influenza is both lethal and transmissible in animal model for flu

GHI Advisory Committee member leads research finding H7N9 influenza is both lethal and transmissible in animal model for flu

Africanists at Work

Meet alumni who transformed their interest in the continent into a substantial career! Join the African Studies Program for a round-table networking event with alumni whose Africa-focused careers range from global health to corporate law to the Foreign Service. Pizza will be provided! The event also features Ambassador John E. Lange, a member of the …

Jordahl Public Lands Lecture feat. Carolyn Finney

Carolyn Finney, Ph.D. is a writer, performer and cultural geographer. As a professor in geography at the University of Kentucky, she is deeply interested in issues related to identity, difference, creativity and resilience. In particular, she explores how issues of difference impact participation in decision-making processes designed to address environmental issues. More broadly, she likes …

Building Community 2017: A Global Health Celebration

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute is a community builder and catalyst that pulls together colleagues from across campus and communities across the world to tackle today’s health challenges. We also help educate tomorrow’s global health leaders and scholars. More than 1,000 students have earned global health certificates and hundreds have participated in field …

Weston Roundtable: Reports by Sage Faculty on Current Research

Tracey Holloway, member of the GHI Advisory Committee, Holly Gibbs, Mutlu Ozdogan and Chris Kucharik will present brief reports on their current research in sustainability science.

GHI Advisory Committee member leads new study on Autism Spectrum Disorder and socioeconomic status

GHI Advisory Committee member leads new study on Autism Spectrum Disorder and socioeconomic status

Cultivating the Dream

          The phrase “America’s Dairyland” brings often brings to mind images of cows munching on green grass, a farmer heading out to chop hay, or a nice plate of artisan cheese. You might not immediately picture the people milking the cows, baling the hay, or working in the cheese plants. In …

The Annual Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture