Environmental Justice

In May, WashU Olin Business School graduate students presented a sophisticated tool they developed to measure neighborhood vibrancy to a group of civic leaders, business owners and community members in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood of north St. Louis.

This fall, Washington University in St. Louis officially will welcome its inaugural class of students to the new School of Public Health a full year ahead of schedule.

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.

15 newly designated garden “Connection Points” are across WashU’s Danforth Campus, part of a broader effort led by the Brown School’s Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies.

A WashU anthropologist joins a study uncovering the surprising sources — and overlooked sufferers — of an increasingly common disease.

Kelly Harris, an assistant professor of occupational therapy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named one of five William T. Grant Scholars nationwide.

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Across all Washington University in St. Louis campuses, scores of researchers share a drive to understand the natural forces that shape our climate, health, culture and physical world.

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Rodrigo S. Reis, a professor at the School of Public Health and an expert on the intersection of physical activity, the built environment and health, has been appointed co-editor of the Journal of Physical Activity and Health.

In a clinical trial, researchers find moxidectin, a new medicine for river blindness, also works for lymphatic filariasis

Kaichao Yang and Zhen He developed an electrochemical process that softens water, disinfects pathogens and benefits reverse osmosis systems used for advanced water treatment