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First Amendment and public law scholars from around the country will come together during “The Rehnquist Court and the First Amendment” conference from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 18 in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 309. The conference, sponsored by the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, will examine the development of First Amendment law over the past two decades under Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.

Pitchers often lose range of motion in their pitching elbows.Now that the Chicago White Sox have swept the Houston Astros in the World Series, most baseball players are taking some time to rest. Time off is especially important for pitchers because throwing a baseball overhand is both an unnatural motion and a burden on the shoulder and elbow. Now a research team led by Washington University sports medicine specialists has found that professional pitchers have significantly decreased range of motion in their throwing elbows.

A dotted line shows the former position of the thyroid.When a child inherits an abnormal gene that leads to thyroid cancer, surgical removal of the thyroid gland before the cancer spreads is the only sure cure. Now a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows it is best to take out the thyroid before a child turns eight to guarantee a life free of thyroid cancer.

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Thomas Rodebaugh, Ph.D., and Irit Kleiman, Ph.D.

Photo by Kevin LowderThe formation of the Jessica Campbell Travel Scholarship was announced at an Oct. 28 ceremony in Hurst Lounge in Duncker Hall.

The associate professor of earth and planetary sciences’ book is titled Physical Science: Concepts in Action with Earth and Space Science.

Photo by Robert BostonCambridge University’s Roy Calne presents work from his book, Art, Surgery and Transplantation, Oct. 12 at the Bernard Becker Medical Library.

Photo by David KilperMorehouse College President Walter Massey (left) greets Dean Robert E. Thach at the Oct. 15 Diversity Initiative Retreat at the Knight Center.

James P. Keating, Richard J. Smith, Karen Tokarz and Karen L. Wooley are being honored for outstanding commitment and dedication.