The UT System Board of Regents has approved creation of a new brain institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center, following a $36 million gift from the O’Donnell Foundation. The Dallas institute will study the “basic molecular workings’’ of the brain, then develop targeted therapies for patients suffering from trauma and disease, such as Alzheimer’s. (D Healthcare Daily)

John Reynolds was the newsletters editor for the Tribune from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, he was a reporter for Quorum Report, a non-partisan online political newsletter focusing on the ins and outs under...