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A sweeping new analysis from Washington University in St. Louis has found that global progress to promote physical activity — a proven driver of better health — is in danger of stalling or reversing.

The downstream consequences of religion, politics and war can have far-reaching effects on the environment and on the evolutionary processes affecting urban organisms, according to a new analysis from Washington University in St. Louis.

Thanks to the support of a Penelope Biggs Travel Award and the Department of Classics, Lecturer Justin Meyer traveled to Munich and Augsburg this spring to conduct research at the Bavarian State Library and the Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg.

Assistant Professor Seth Denizen and Visiting Assistant Professor Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich have been selected to present their work at the 2025 Venice Biennale. They will share images, documentation, and more of their project, “Three Landscape Essays: Mobile Ecosystems for Future Climates.”

The Arts & Sciences senior has researched public health initiatives through an anthropological lens in Uganda, Switzerland, and St. Louis.

Washington University in St. Louis senior Elijah Darden has been selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which fully funds postgraduate study and research at the University of Cambridge.

The Sam Fox School has selected the next group of artists and designers for residencies at the College & Graduate School of Art’s Paris studio at the Cité internationale des arts.

Bhupal Dev has been awarded a prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

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