The Record

How feelings of neighborhood safety may shape young minds

Psychology researchers in Arts & Sciences found in a new study that children and adolescents’ perception of neighborhood safety affects brain development and mental health.

WashU Medicine publishes world’s top medical textbook

WashU Medicine has published the 38th edition of “The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics,” the world’s No. 1-selling medical textbook. The book has helped teach generations of physicians how to care for patients since it was first published in 1943.

Brown School students take social work lessons to local policy hearings

Some Brown School students pursuing master’s degrees in social work recently applied classroom lessons to real-world policy by giving testimony to local government committees on housing, budgets and development.

Notables

Sowande’ Mustakeem, associate professor of history and of African and African American studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will receive a 2026 Dred Scott Freedom Award March 7.

Research Wire

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have found a way to use light to boost the efficiency of image processing and optical neural networks.