Tentative Speaker Schedule News from the CDC One Health Office Casey Barton Behravesh Director, One Health Office Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CBartonBehravesh@cdc.gov Gastroenteritis among Workers with Animal Exposure: 2 Recent Studies Sara E. Luckhaupt, MD, MPH CDR, US Public Health Service Team Leader, Surveillance Branch Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, & Field Studies …
2017 4W Awards Recipients
The International Dairy Short Course celebrates its 20th year of education this October. The 2017 dairy course will feature farm visits, hands-on workshops and lectures from top-ranked professors and dairy producers. The three-day course will cover a wide variety of applicable topics including dairy management, reproduction, nutrition, milk quality and maximizing profitability. INCLUDES *6 lectures …
In the face of global warming, energy sustainability transitions are needed on a large scale. Technologically speaking, this involves shifts away from fossil fuels to renewable, low emission sources of energy. Notwithstanding considerable technological, economic and political challenges in making such transitions, it is also vital that the public is constructively engaged. Energy citizenship goes …
Office of the Provost now soliciting proposals for the 2018 Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant competition
Full presentation below: Nutrient loading from wastewater effluent and agricultural runoff can cause eutrophication and proliferation of toxin-producing cyanobacteria. Like many lakes, Africa’s Lake Victoria provides food, drinking water, and a source of livelihood for surrounding communities in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. These ecosystem services, however, are impacted negatively by increased resource demands, eutrophication, and …
Quitting coal: a health benefit equivalent to quitting tobacco, alcohol and fast-food: Jonathan Patz
The One Health Forum kicks off its fall programming from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, September 22, with an overview and updates in One Health. Watch Wisconsin One Health Forum on Facebook for place information. Kurt Sladky, professor and section head of zoological medicine and surgical sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine, moderates a …