DFG Senate Commission calls for supportive framework conditions / Long-term funding, new incentive structures and shared societal responsibility for financing

New research brief, “250 Years of Promise: Two Centuries of Youth-Driven Educational Change,” examined 16 youth-driven movements for educational change spanning nearly two centuries. Each movement was paired with an evidence-grounded, nonpartisan policy recommendation. The brief identified 10 strategic patterns, which offer a framework for understanding how young people have historically translated grassroots energy into institutional change.

A shift to cleaner transportation could prevent more than 3,600 premature deaths in Montreal and Toronto by reducing ultrafine particle pollution, finds a new study led by McGill researchers.

Ultrafine particles (UFPs) are microscopic pollutants produced in large quantities by vehicle exhaust. Because of their small size, they can penetrate deep into the lungs and bloodstream and may contribute to serious health problems such as heart and lung disease.

Susan Culican, MD, PhD, senior associate dean of graduate medical education at the University of Minnesota Medical School, has been named a 2026-2027 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellow by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) — a prestigious honor that places her among the nation’s top health leaders. 

An analysis of 60,000 records of flooding, waterlogging, flash floods, landslides, storms, and droughts reveals regional impacts in Brazil and may inform public policy.