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The Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series continues this spring with programs featuring Bonnie McElveen-Hunter (Feb. 20), Jim Melvin (March 7) and Jim Hunt (April 29). Each program will be moderated by John Alexander, Isabella Cannon Distinguished Professor of Leadership. Details...

Academic and business leaders from around the region will host a three-part symposium next week on fair trade practices and work conditions in foreign countries that supply goods to the United States. The symposium culminates with a panel discussion on the North Carolina textile industry’s struggle to stay profitable as it follows fair trade practices.

North Carolina has accounted for approximately 10 percent of the death sentences handed out to American females in the current death penalty era (1973-present), and the state trails only California and Texas in the number of female offenders sentenced to death during that same time period. See details from the latest report by ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· School of Law faculty member Victor Streib...

For the second year in a row, ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· has received a presidential award as a national leader in service-learning and civic engagement. 

Civil rights and school desegregation leader Julius Chambers will be the keynote speaker Saturday, Feb. 9 as ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· School of Law hosts its first Diversity Day. The free event, which is designed primarily for minority students but is open to all who are considering law school, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Elon Law School, located at 201 North Greene Street in downtown Greensboro. Details...

A group of students, faculty and staff have formed the End Slavery Now! Coalition to make Elon a model for working against forms of slavery that still exist in the world, from human trafficking to sweat shops to the child soldiering.

Elon has received 19 gifts totaling more than $1.35 million to establish endowments that support study abroad scholarships. The new resources will expand financial resources for students who cannot currently afford international study experiences. Details…

A digital archive containing thousands of searchable records about Alamance County residents during the Civil War makes its formal public debut Feb. 9 as scholars from Elon and beyond host panel discussions in Whitley Auditorium.