The Record

Achilefu, Elgin to receive 2018 faculty achievement awards

Samuel I. Achilefu, a pioneer in medical imaging, and Sarah C.R. Elgin, who started a K-12 science outreach program, will receive 2018 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced. Also, William A. Frazier III, professor emeritus, will be honored for innovation and entrepreneurship.

New clues found to help relieve chronic itching

Studying mice, School of Medicine researchers found that a drug can deliver itch relief by targeting particular opioid receptors on neurons in the spinal cord. The drug is being tested for its anti-itch effects in the U.S., but until now scientists haven’t understood how it works.

Childhood poverty costs U.S. over $1 trillion in a year, study finds

Childhood poverty cost the U.S. $1.03 trillion in 2015, about 5.4 percent of the gross domestic product, according to a new study from the Brown School. The study recently was published in the journal Social Work Research.

The measure of good design

Neighbors can be feet away and worlds apart. For the class “Segregation by Design,” Sam Fox School students Cierra Higgins (left) and Tianna Williams explore strategies for mitigating social segregation in two historic St. Louis neighborhoods.