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Tally Saves the Internet – and Your Privacy

Web trackers collect your data and auction it off to vendors who push you toward impulse buys. To fight back, ����������Ʒ�Ƽ� professors Joelle Dietrick and Owen Mundy created Tally Saves the Internet, a multi-player game that blocks data trackers and educates players about data privacy.

Palate Pleasers ‘Wildcat Blend’ Coffee and ‘O Davidson Lager’ In Stores Now

The fine taste of ����������Ʒ�Ƽ� is headed to your coffee cup and pint glass. Davidson worked with two longstanding partners to produce “Wildcat Blend” coffee and “O Davidson Lager.” 

Astronaut Tom Marshburn ’82 to Pilot SpaceX Mission to International Space Station

Astronaut Tom Marshburn ’82 will share stories and insights from his training over the next year with Davidson.edu readers as he prepares for his third trip to the International Space Station. This is the first of those reports.

Students Create Mural With Powerful Message

In a year that brought a pandemic, nationwide protests and a brighter spotlight on racial inequities and injustice, ����������Ʒ�Ƽ� students came together to create a mural with a simple, powerful slogan of the ongoing social justice movement: BLACK LIVES MATTER.

Anatomy of a Pandemic Theatre Production

Theatre Prof Steve Kaliski ’07 and student directors embraced the challenge of creating in the time of COVID with a socially-distanced production titled “Ubi Orta Pestilentia: A Davidson Zombie Apocalypse.”

Antibody Science Yields Milestone Advances in Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19

NPR: COVID-19 Vaccine for Children May Still Be Many Months Away

In an interview with NPR’s All Things Considered, pediatrician and researcher Sallie Permar ’97 explained why the COVID-19 vaccines coming to market soon will not be available to children, who have been largely excluded from clinical trials.

Anne Wills Quoted in 'The Making of Thanksgiving in the US'

Higher Ed Experts Offer Tips for Finding the Right College Fit

Two of the most prominent experts and authors on higher education recently visited ����������Ʒ�Ƽ� by Zoom for a discussion of how college admission really works. Watch for more insights and recommendations on how to navigate the admission world.

New Art Commission Interrogates ����������Ʒ�Ƽ�'s History with Racism

Alum Leads Navy Battle With Pipettes and Vials

U.S. Navy Commander Andrew Letizia ’99 is interviewed for a CBS News piece on a cutting-edge study he led to understand how young people’s bodies react to the novel coronavirus.

Hidden History: The Story of the Indomitable Wives and Families Who Fought to Bring POW/MIA Loved Ones Home

Heath Hardage Lee '92 has written a book that recounts the little-known story of courageous military wives who spoke truth to power during a fraught time in American history. Through the voices of the women and their families, and interviews with politicians and diplomats of the era, she reveals their herculean efforts to bring POW husbands home and give closure to the families of missing soldiers.

White House, Capitol Hill Veterans Offer Guidance for Life After the Election

Members of the ����������Ʒ�Ƽ� community on Wednesday were looking for what’s next after a bitter and unexpectedly close election night. A group from the college’s family drew on their own experience with vote totals—both joyous and painful—to offer some ideas. 

Research Findings ����������Ʒ�Ƽ� on Cover of ‘American Journal of Physics’

Alumni Voices: Marino ‘Tony’ Bruce ’89 Connects Science, Religion and Health

As White Churches Confront Racism, Researchers Seek to Create Model for Change

CNN Hosts Focus Group of Undecided Voters on ����������Ʒ�Ƽ� Campus

With a little over a week to go before Election Day, CNN set up shop on the ����������Ʒ�Ƽ� campus to gauge the reactions of undecided voters from around the Charlotte region following the final debate between President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden.

Alumni Voices: Fed First Responders Take Historic Action to Stabilize Economy

In the pandemic, Lorie Logan and Mary La Montagne Watkins are first responders of the economic sort.

How Higher Ed Responds to a Pandemic: Davidson Research Informs American Colleges, Universities

In the aftermath of ����������Ʒ�Ƽ�’s abrupt shift to online-only instruction last spring, a professor and team of student researchers embarked on a project that now is informing the rapidly changing plans colleges and universities are making for a fall semester unlike any other.

����������Ʒ�Ƽ� Goes Test-Optional in Three-Year Pilot