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After retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor spoke at the dedication of Elon University’s new School of Law in 2006, a lecture in her name was instituted at Elon in 2007. Professor A.E. Dick Howard of the University of Virginia delivered the inaugural Sandra Day O’Connor Lecture on Thursday, October 18, 2007, in Whitley Auditorium on Elon’s main campus.

Elon employees copy thousands of documents each year, from student applications to worker resumes to purchase receipts. All those photocopiers may soon get a lighter workload. The university purchased a program this month that allows millions of documents to be stored in electronic format, a move to both help the environment and increase staff efficiency.

Professor A.E. Dick Howard of the University of Virginia School of Law will discuss the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House during the first Sandra Day O’Connor Lecture at 6:30 p.m., tonight, Oct. 18, in Whitley Auditorium. His lecture, titled "The Struggle for the Supreme Court," is free and open to the public. Details...

Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis will answer questions from the public on Wednesday, Oct. 17, as part of her two-day visit to Elon University that includes an afternoon master class in the Center for the Arts.

Former N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Henry Frye, the second guest in the Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series Monday, Oct. 8, said good lawyers are trustworthy people who truly care about making a positive difference in the lives of others. Details...

Elon University has nominated three seniors for a Rhodes Scholarship, the oldest and one of the most prestigious international fellowships, for their superior academic achievements.

Sixty-seven percent of North Carolinians oppose proposals for land transfer taxes as a way for local governments to raise money, according to results from the latest Elon University Poll, which comes as voters in more than a dozen counties across the state consider such a measure on ballots this fall. Details...