The Record

New curriculum aims to improve physician training

Increased community engagement will be a critical component of the new School of Medicine curriculum. Leaders believe it will allow the school to remain a global leader in education, patient care and scientific discovery while advocating for the region’s health.

Pottery reveals America’s first social media networks

Long before Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook, early Mississippian Mound cultures in the Appalachian Mountains shared artistic trends and technologies across regional networks that functioned similarly to social media, Arts & Sciences research suggests.

Jazz Band performs ‘Só Danço Samba’

In this video, senior Hannah Gilberstadt leads the Jazz Band at Washington University through a rendition of the 1962 classic “Só Danço Samba” (“I Only Dance Samba”). At 8 p.m. today, the Jazz Band will present a free concert in the 560 Music Center.

Lowe named Colten Professor of Pediatric Science

Mark E. Lowe, MD, PhD (center), a noted pediatric gastroenterologist, has been named the inaugural Harvey R. Colten Professor of Pediatric Science at the School of Medicine.

Medicaid members’ unmet social needs lead to stress

A survey of Medicaid members found that increasing levels of unmet social needs were positively associated with stress, smoking and chronic conditions, according to new research from the Brown School.

When a defect might be beneficial

Rohan Mishra, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, led a team of researchers seeking to design more efficient solar cells and light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. They analyzed different types of defects in the semiconductor material that enables such devices.