The Record

Most life experiences are fabricated from memories

How well we remember recent events in our lives plays a key role in how our brains model what’s happening in the present — and predict what’s likely to occur, finds new research co-authored by Jeff Zacks of Arts & Sciences.

Big data: putting information-based tools in doctors’ hands

Big data is coming at medical professionals from all directions. Philip R.O. Payne, inaugural director of the university’s Institute for Informatics, is helping translate big data into actionable knowledge.

Wrighton to co-chair United Way campaign

United Way of Greater St. Louis has named Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton as a co-chair of its 2018 community campaign, which begins in September. He will serve alongside co-chair Jeff Fox, chairman and CEO of Harbour Group.

Lowering hospitals’ Medicare costs proves difficult

A payment system that provides financial incentives for hospitals that reduce health-care costs for Medicare patients did not lower costs as intended, according to a new study led by the School of Medicine.