A new study out of Washington University in St.
Louis is one of the first to use technology to effectively measure the
use of built environments — parks, greenways, trails and other man-made
public areas — as a means to improve public health. The study,
“Emerging Technologies: Webcams and Crowd-Sourcing to Identify Active
Transportation,” is being published this week in the American Journal of
Preventive Medicine. Lead author is J. Aaron Hipp, PhD, assistant
professor of public health at the Brown School.
Melissa Jonson-Reid, PhD, professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, is director of the Center for Violence and Injury Protection, which is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is also a faculty scholar in WUSTL’s Institute for Public Health. She responds to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
The McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environmental Partnership (MAGEEP) — a consortium of 28 international universities — met in Mumbai, India, last week. S. Parasuraman, director of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, was a symposium co-host.
The second half of the trip to India brought together members of the university’s International Advisory Council for Asia (IACA) Dec. 12-15 in New Delhi. U.S. Embassy official Donald Lu addressed the IACA meeting.
Leila Nadya Sadat, JD, the Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, added another international honor to her resumé recently when she was appointed special adviser on Crimes Against Humanity by the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court.
Ah, the Christmas season. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. A time to celebrate peace, love and the religious beliefs of America’s religious majority – whether you like it or not.
Tis the season for perennial battles between true believers and
atheists, between mass marketers and the devout souls who worry about
blatant commercialization of “the holiday season.”
While it may seem like it’s getting worse then ever, learning more
about the facts behind these arguments might help all of us understand
one another a bit better, suggest legal and religious history experts at
Washington University in St. Louis.
WUSTL experts offers tips on understanding the perennial Christmas culture clashes, as well as a round-up of 13 New Year’s resolutions designed to help you become healthier, happier and wiser in 2013.
This is the last official Record of the calendar year. Publication resumes in January 2013. The Record staff wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season.
The Brown School celebrated the holidays Dec. 12 by doing what it does best: Giving back to the community. School officials helped present toys collected at the Brown School during its annual Toys for Tots campaign to local Marines. Students from the KIPP: Inspire Academy also stopped by to thank the Brown School community for its help throughout the year by performing a holiday song and dance.