SJMC Weekly Announcements

Dhavan's two flash talks, "eHealth and mHealth Technologies to Support Healthy, Active, and Independent Aging" and "Digital Technologies to Avert, Manage, and Treat Substance Use Disorders," were accepted for the UW–Madison Advancing the Healthspan Workshop on Oct. 18. The workshop was developed following Chancellor Mnookin's recent announcement of RISE-THRIVE which focuses on the human immune system, healthy aging and the social context and lifestyles that allow people to thrive. It will provide opportunities for faculty, researchers and staff who work in this area to share and collaborate with other campus leaders. Congratulations, Dhavan!

A team of SJMC researchers including, professors Doug McLeod and Dhavan Shah, alums Jiawei Liu (PhD'19) and Sang Jung Kim (PhD'23), and PhD student Linqi Lu, recently published a new article titled "The effects of numerical evidence and message framing in communicating vaccine efficacy" in Journal of Health Communication. The article examines how vaccine numerical evidence and message framing influence public beliefs and message comprehension, particularly highlighting differences in response between younger and older adults. Read the full article.

Junior Heewone Lim has been spending this Fall semester in Utrecht, Netherlands after winning the Global Gateway Initiative Fellowship, which covers financial needs for students who want to study abroad. Read more about Heewone and the Global Gateway Initiative.

Join the Morgridge Center on Tuesday, October 15 from 5:30–8 p.m. for a panel featuring SJMC professor Hernando Rojas. The panel will focus on the role of higher education in supporting democracy and how our institutions can prepare students to be informed and engaged citizens. Learn more and register for the panel.

Join SJMC faculty, staff and graduate students at our 2nd Annual Tailgate and International Potluck on Oct. 19 at 11 a.m. at the Westmoreland Park Shelter (4114 Tokay Blvd). There will be a livestream of the UW vs Northwestern football game plus live karaoke, lawn games and a best dish contest! To participate in the best dish contest, please bring a dish to share and we will vote on the best dishes in several categories. Prizes include a Target giftcard, Colectivo giftcard and SJMC swag.

Join the MCRC for their Preston Colloquium on Monday, Oct. 19 at noon in the Nafziger room (5055 Vilas). Northwestern University's Hamad Bin Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor Pablo Boczkowski will deliver his talk "Digital Freud: The Refiguration of Inequality, Sociality, and Personhood in Mental Health Work." Lunch will be served at noon before the talk.

The flamingos will return to Bascom Hill on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. through 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25. Save the date and support SJMC!