Study identifies brain cells key to understanding other people

Researchers at WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology have identified specific neuronal cells that are essential to our understanding of other people. Runnan Cao, PhD, an instructor in radiology and former postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Shuo Wang, PhD, an associate professor of radiology, identified more than 700 such neurons in the human brain. These cells […]

Board grants faculty promotions, tenure

At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting March 1, numerous faculty members were appointed with tenure, promoted with tenure or granted tenure. Their new roles and titles take effect July 1, unless otherwise indicated. Appointment with tenure Steven Miles as a professor of history in Arts & Sciences. Granting of tenure Paul […]