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Creating a center for global health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Globalization, migration, and widespread health disparities call for interdisciplinary approaches to improve health care at home and abroad. Health professions students are pursuing study abroad in increasing numbers, and universities are responding with programs to address these needs. The University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison schools of medicine and public health, nursing, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and the division of international studies have created an interdisciplinary center for global health (CGH). The CGH provides health professions and graduate students with courses, field experiences, and a new Certificate in Global Health. Educational programs have catalyzed a network of enthusiastic UW global health scholars. Partnerships with colleagues in less economically developed countries provide the foundation for education, research, and service programs. Participants have collaborated to improve the education of health professionals and nutrition in Uganda; explore the interplay between culture, community development, and health in Ecuador; improve animal health and address domestic violence in Mexico; and examine successful public health efforts in Thailand. These programs supply students with opportunities to understand the complex determinants of health and structure of health systems, develop adaptability and cross-cultural communication skills, experience learning and working in interdisciplinary teams, and promote equity and reduce health disparities at home and abroad. Based on the principles of equity, sustainability, and reciprocity, the CGH provides a strong foundation to address global health challenges through networking and collaboration among students, staff, and faculty within the UW and beyond
(Il)Legitimisation of the role of the nation state: Understanding of and reactions to Internet censorship in Turkey
This study aims to explore Turkish citizen-consumers' understanding of and reactions to censorship of websites in Turkey by using in-depth interviews and online ethnography. In an environment where sites such as YouTube and others are increasingly being banned, the citizen-consumers' macro-level understanding is that such censorship is part of a wider ideological plan and their micro-level understanding is that their relationship with the wider global network is reduced, in the sense that they have trouble accessing full information on products, services and experiences. The study revealed that citizen-consumers engage in two types of resistance strategies against such domination by the state: using irony as passive resistance, and using the very same technology used by the state to resist its domination
Spartan Daily October 29, 2009
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Before You Log-On: Incorporating the Free Web in Your Legal Research Strategy
In 2006, the American Bar Association (ABA) published its Legal Technology Survey Report, which included a volume on Online Research. In the report, attorneys responded that 91% are conducting at least some of their research online. Though 39% report that they start their research using a fee-based service like Westlaw or Lexis, the report shows that even those who start their research with a fee-based resource eventually get it right-87% of attorneys report using some free online resources at some point over the course of a research project
Holidays In The Empire (HIST 32) Syllabus
From seedy bars to holy sites, Europeans journeyed to colonized spaces to encounter people and places they would never see at home. This class examines how European peoples participated in the imperial project through their travels. It tackles a history of Europe and empire through different frameworks (Orientalism, gender studiesâŠ) and methods (mainly primary source analysis and Web-based tools). Students will examine how Europeans âexperiencedâ empire through travel, including safaris, sex tourism, and mission work. This will include a brief study of European travel themes, such as the Grand Tour, transportation technology, and mass tourism, with our focus mainly on what happened when Europeans vacationed in âtheirâ overseas holdings. As a class, we will also embark on an extended case study of Saharan travel, analyzing guidebooks on the subject and producing a Web site featuring original content and an interactive map
ChemMatters: Special Issue on NASA's EOS Aura Mission (Sept. 2001)
This EOS-Aura special edition of ChemMatters is the first of four special issues focusing on atmospheric chemistry and the Aura mission. It features articles on global climate change, asthma and air pollution, good and bad ozone, and spectroscopy. ChemMatters is a quarterly publication of the American Chemical Society (ACS) geared to a high school audience. The magazine is designed and written to demystify everyday chemistry. Educational levels: High school
21st-century scholarship and Wikipedia
Wikipedia, the worldâs fifth most-used Web site, is a good illustration of the growing credibility of online resources. In his article in Ariadne earlier this year, âWikipedia: Reflections on Use and Academic Acceptanceâ, Brian Whalley described the debates around accuracy and review, in the context of geology. He concluded that âIf Wikipedia is the first port of call, as it already seems to be, for information requirement traffic, then there is a commitment to build on Open Educational Resources (OERs) of various kinds and improve their quality.â In a similar approach to the Geological Society event that Whalley describes, Sarah Fahmy of JISC worked with Wikimedia and the British Library on a World War One (WWI) Editathon. There is a rich discourse about the way that academics relate to Wikipedia
Fourteen Years of Education and Public Outreach for the Swift Gamma-ray Burst Explorer Mission
The Sonoma State University (SSU) Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) group
leads the Swift Education and Public Outreach program. For Swift, we have
previously implemented broad efforts that have contributed to NASA's Science
Mission Directorate E/PO portfolio across many outcome areas. Our current focus
is on highly-leveraged and demonstrably successful activities, including the
wide-reaching Astrophysics Educator Ambassador program, and our popular
websites: Epo's Chronicles and the Gamma-ray Burst (GRB) Skymap. We also make
major contributions working collaboratively through the Astrophysics Science
Education and Public Outreach Forum (SEPOF) on activities such as the on-line
educator professional development course NASA's Multiwavelength Universe. Past
activities have included the development of many successful education units
including the GEMS Invisible Universe guide, the Gamma-ray Burst Educator's
guide, and the Newton's Laws Poster set; informal activities including support
for the International Year of Astronomy, the development of a toolkit about
supernovae for the amateur astronomers in the Night Sky Network, and the Swift
paper instrument and glider models.Comment: 7th Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium, GRB 2013: paper 42 in eConf
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