The Record

Building trust and community

Six faculty members and administrators share their approaches on helping students better connect and communicate, develop empathy and grant each other grace, especially in fraught times.

Huang named head of pathology and immunology

Eric J. Huang, MD, PhD, a renowned physician-scientist specializing in neurodevelopmental diseases, has been named the Edward Mallinckrodt Professor and head of the Department of Pathology & Immunology at WashU Medicine.

WashU Expert: Small business plans should include transition support

Peter Boumgarden, director of Olin Business School’s Koch Family Center for Family Enterprise, discusses Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to expand the small business tax credit and other ways in which the government can support existing small businesses.

Notables

Two professors of radiation oncology at WashU Medicine — Clifford G. Robinson, MD (right), and Julie K. Schwarz, MD, PhD — have been named fellows of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

Notables

Lisa Weingarth, senior advisor for St. Louis initiatives at WashU, has been appointed to the board of the United Way of Greater St. Louis.