The Record

Drug compound halts, in mice, Alzheimer’s-related damage

School of Medicine researchers have shown that levels of tau protein can be reduced — and some of the neurological damage even reversed — by a synthetic molecule that targets genetic instructions. The findings are important for Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

New Office of Scholar Programs opens in Women’s Building

Three of the university’s premier scholar programs — the Ervin Scholars, the Annika Rodriguez Scholars and the Danforth Scholars — are now part of the new Office of Scholar Programs. Scholars will have a space in the Women’s Building to collaborate.

Study: Tax-return delay could hurt low-income families

Millions of low- and moderate-income Americans who claim certain tax credits will have to wait weeks longer this year for federal refunds because of a new anti-fraud law. The delay could be costly, finds a new study from the Brown School and the Tax Policy Center.