Depression and behavioral changes may occur before memory declines in people who will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research at the School of Medicine. The study appears in Neurology, and the senior author is Catherine M. Roe, PhD.

Reuben Riggs, a senior in Arts & Sciences, says the fight for social justice is the foundation of a liberal arts education, and he has embraced that fight in light of events in Ferguson. “To know that and not go out and engage when it’s happening on my doorstep would go against everything I believe in," said Riggs, who also is an Ervin Scholar and a Civic Scholar.

Questions surrounding the divisive issue of marriage equality will be the focus of an Assembly Series panel next week. Republican advocates for gay rights, including Meghan McCain, will speak on “Marriage Equality and the GOP,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, in Graham Chapel.

A new toolkit for dissemination and implementation, developed by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute in Washington, prominently features the work of several university faculty members, including the groundbreaking 2012 book, “Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health: Translating Science to Practice.”

Joyce A. McCray Pearson has been named the new director of the School of Law Library and an associate university librarian in the University Libraries system, effective Feb. 1. She also will serve as a senior lecturer in law.