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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.

At summer camps across the region, kids are playing football, tie-dying T-shirts and building mock volcanoes. But at one WashU summer camp, students are making art to explore an unlikely topic: public health. 

Building on a long history of successful collaboration, Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden are welcoming two internationally recognized botanists who will have joint appointments with both research institutions.

The National Academy of Inventors recently named WashU to its Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted Utility Patents.

Jessica Backman-Levy, an associate professor of practice at the Brown School, has been selected to participate in a yearlong program aimed at advancing women into senior leadership positions in global health.

Before they were refugees in St. Louis, they were economists, accountants, pharmacists, engineers, intelligence analysts, nurses and small business owners.

The Office of the Provost recently awarded two separate batches of funding as part of the “Here and Next” commitment to research excellence at WashU.

A total of 20 projects won Global Incubator Seed Grants this month, allowing them to kickstart new research examining a whole host of issues, from the cyber defense of medical devices to the impacts of affordable housing on physical activity and health in Brazil.

Washington University in St. Louis seniors Elijah Darden and Isaac Seiler were both Rhodes Scholars finalists, one of the world’s highest academic honors.