New Neighbor, New Cooperation, New Development

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has decided to develop the historic Pabst brewery site into the new home for the new School of Public Health. We at the Planning Council for Health and Human Services are very pleased to welcome them to the neighborhood in the near future. By locating the School of Public Health downtown, UWM hopes to “connect their faculty and students with others dedicated to addressing the public health needs of the state”. Their mission of serving the community aligns with ours. We are interested in and looking forward to possible cooperation with them.

For starters, we are glad to help them spread the word about several interesting speeches that are going to be presented by candidates for the Community Behavioral Health Promotion/Health Disparities faculty positions. The next one is tomorrow (Friday, Sept. 24). Anyone who is interested is welcomed to join Dr. Joshua Garoon in Room 181, UWM Student Union from 9:30 – 10:30 am in the discussion of Health, Everyday Life, and the Art of Poaching: Comparing Community-Based Research Approaches in Rural Zambia and Urban Baltimore.

We have also been informed of future presentation dates (all at 9:30 am):

Oct 8
Oct 18
Oct 22
Oct 28

More details can be found here. We will keep you posted.

Your friends at the Planning Council are planning to attend the talks. We are curious about how the scholarly findings can translate into our projects. Hopefully, we will be able to take away something that might shed light on our work.