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The March of Dimes recently announced Prof. Michael Georgieff as the recipient of the 2020 Agnes Higgins Award.

The 2021 Research Ethics Day webinar will be held online by Zoom Wednesday, March 3 from 9:00am - 1:30pm Central. "Conducting Research in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ethics in an Emergency" will feature national leaders including Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith of Yale Medical School, who is leading a White House task force dedicated to health equity; Abigail Echo-Hawk, Director of the Urban Indian Health Institute; and Dr. Christine Grady, Chief of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health.

The Institute on the Environment (IonE) is now accepting applications for its affiliates program. Applications for 2021, including letters of nomination, are due March 31, 2021.

In an article published in Minnesota Medicine, Professors Susan Wolf and Debra DeBruin describe the formation and work of the Minnesota COVID Ethics Collaborative (MCEC).

Helen Branswell, infectious diseases and global health reporter for STAT, shared her perspective on a year of reporting on Covid-19 in a recent interview. Ms.

The 2021 Climate Adaptation Conference will be held via Zoom on January 20 from 9:00am - 12:15pm. Cost is $30 or $15 for students. The conference will feature a keynote speech by Sam Grant, executive director of MN 350, the annual Climate Adaptation Awards ceremony, and a panel discussion featuring perspectives on climate adaptation from several sectors.

The Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute will present two webinars on Native American nutrition. “Indigenous Food-ways: Adapting to Change” will take place Tuesday, December 15 from 11:30am - 1:00pm. It will feature Chef Nephi Craig discussing how an expanded food vocabulary can be applied to self care as well as a cooking demonstration.

Experts from the legal field, academia, and industry assembled Dec.

The Center for Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS) is implementing a new program focused on containing outbreaks of African Swine Flu in Vietnam. ProgRESSVet-Vietnam will provide online educational opportunities that will increase veterinary service capacity for those fighting African Swine Flu. ProgRESSVet has previously supported the veterinary workforce in Latin America and East Africa.