UW-Madison Global Health Institute

  • A news story about the danger of spillover disease from animals to humans.

  • Story about UW representatives to the U.N. Conference of the Parties. Nelson Institute The Commons, December 2021.

  • The Dalai Lama supports UW-Madison Global Health Institute’s collaboration with Tibetan hospital and Johns Hopkins to stop TB in Tibetan kids.

  • UW-Madison and African colleagues discover common challenges with HIV/AIDS in this GHI story.

  • A story introducing GHI’s new director and focus in 2022. GHI website.

  • A news story for the GHI website introducing a program for Wisconsin teachers.

  • Symposium keynote Susan Paskewitz shares her passion for bugs in this GHI story.

In Virginia and Wisconsin, a new look at saving freshwater mussels

Flowing out of the southern Appalachians, the Clinch River winds between mountains covered by forests and dotted with small farms. Here in southwestern Virginia’s coal country, forests blaze in reds, oranges and yellow each fall. The river, broad and shallow, is home to one of the most diverse population of animals in the northern hemisphere.

Jordan Richard, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife endangered species biologist, is working with scientists from the UW-Madison, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to understand why thousands of mussels are dying each year. Read the story.

The Wisconsin Idea in Action

Emerging infectious diseases. Adequate food and safe water. Access to education. Women’s well-being. Childhood mortality. Biodiversity loss. Climate change. The major public health challenges of our time demand that we reach across disciplines and intentionally collaborate to ensure sustainable health for all—all people, all life, even the planet itself.

At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Global Health Institute (GHI) builds on an institutional legacy of cross-sector collaboration and community engagement to advance global health. Read the story.

Isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin

High Over Madison

In 1908, Chicago-area photographer George Lawrence enchanted Madison with the first aerial view of the city. He was hired by the Madison 40,000 Club to produce a promotional photograph to help Madison grow to a respectable 40,000 people. Lawrence most likely stood where the railroad lines cross in Monona Bay. As many as 15 kites lifted his 65-pound camera over the lake. Read the story.

Living Small

n a bigger-is-better world, Julie and Craig Martyn are positively countercultural. They're happily ensconced in one of Madison's smallest houses: 600 square feet of living space, plus a bit of room in the basement. Read the story.

Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor are happily God-free

Dangling from the brick fireplace in Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker's near-west-side home are three ornaments: a shiny Santa, a Hello Kitty head with a wreath around its neck, and a miniature "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" book. They are not out early for this year's holiday celebration, but left over from the year before. Read the story.

Kennedy Manor: A Madison original

Walk up Wisconsin Avenue toward the Kennedy Manor Apartments on a summer day, and you're likely to find Fred Mohs, wearing carefully creased jeans, trimming the hedges. It’s that Fred Mohs - the lawyer, former UW Regent, real estate developer, iconic downtown supporter, and board member of MGE, the Madison Symphony and Downtown Madison Inc. He owns 60% of the block, including his house on Wisconsin Avenue and, most importantly, Kennedy Manor, the historic apartment building at 1 Langdon St. Read the story.