Gerhild Scholz Williams, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, explores the vast legal, scientific and theological literature known as demonology. Though now largely forgotten, for more than 300 years demonology helped shape the prosecution of accused witches and authoritatively established “the image of the witch as a night-flying, sexually voracious creature.”

On Saturday, Nov. 7, alumni and friends of Washington University will join the campus community for Founders Day, commemorating the university’s 1853 founding. Highlighting the celebration at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel will be noted writer and biographer Walter Isaacson. The event also will recognize distinguished alumni, faculty and supporters.

Drug abusers are not completely abandoning prescription opioids for heroin, according to School of Medicine researchers. Instead, many use the two concurrently based on their availability. The researchers’ findings also reveal regional variations in the use of heroin and prescription painkillers.

The School of Law is hosting this year’s National Board of Trial Advocacy Tournament of Champions, one of the premier law school trial competitions nationwide. The competition is underway and runs through Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis and at the School of Law.