The Record

What studying hand-washing is teaching about compliance

New research from Olin Business School shows that motivating compliance with standard processes in the workplace via electronic monitoring can be highly effective. But the research also shows that managers cannot simply “monitor and forget.”

Small brain area plays key role in making everyday decisions

Researchers at the School of Medicine have found that some neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex assign value to options in everyday decision-making. The area’s neurons then can re-map to make different decisions when circumstances change.

First Year Reading Program selects ‘Between the World and Me’

“Between the World and Me,” by acclaimed writer and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, is the 2016 First Year Reading Program selection. Written as a letter to Coates’ teenage son, the book explores America’s long history of racial injustice.