The Record

3-D mapping babies’ brains

Research from a collaborative university team tested a 3-D method that could lead to new diagnostic tools to precisely measure the third-trimester growth and folding patterns of a baby’s brain.

No progress seen in reducing antibiotics among outpatients

Despite public health campaigns aimed at reducing unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics, the drugs continue to be prescribed at startlingly high rates in settings such as clinics and physician offices, according to a School of Medicine study.

Patti installed as inaugural Powell Professor

Gary Patti, of Arts & Sciences, has been named the Michael and Tana Powell Associate Professor of Chemistry. His research focuses on the metabolic pathways involved in cancer and chronic pain.

Medical faculty honored by peers

Each year, School of Medicine faculty members nominate their peers for Distinguished Faculty Awards to recognize their colleagues’ wide-ranging achievements, talents and dedication.

Assembly Series talk focuses on Book of Revelation

Scholar and author Elaine Pagels will be on campus next week. Her Assembly Series talk, “Art, Music and Politics in the Book of Revelation,” will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, in Knight Hall’s Emerson Auditorium.