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Startup Among the Startups: Davidson Launches Liberal Arts Venture Into Silicon Valley
Less than two blocks from the headquarters of Twitter and neighboring Uber, eight ¹ú²ú¸£Àû¾«Æ·ÍƼö students operate out of meeting space with puffy chairs and white boards in a renovated 19th century building with exposed brick and beams.
Davidson Celebrates Record-Breaking Fundraising Year and Leading Alumni Participation Rate
The ¹ú²ú¸£Àû¾«Æ·ÍƼö community raised more than $106 million over the past year -- the most successful fundraising year in Davidson history.
Equal Opportunity Epidemic: Rep. Greg Murphy Takes Opioid Fight to NC Legislature
Greg Murphy ’85, a surgeon in Greenville, North Carolina, saw the warning signs several years ago, when a few patients started asking for excessive refills for painkillers.
Largest Estate Commitment in Davidson History Will Eliminate Roadblocks to Student Success
Alum Richard Halton ’77 and husband Jean-Marc Frailong leave $25 million to ¹ú²ú¸£Àû¾«Æ·ÍƼö in their estate, the largest planned gift commitment to date in college history.
Crisis to Calm: A Journey from High Stakes Diplomacy to Higher Education
Jane Zimmerman joins the college in July as the John and Ruth McGee Director of the Dean Rusk International Studies Program.
Involved Fathers, Good Outcomes: Why Parental Leave Matters
It sounds so simple: Good things happen when parents spend time with their children. But fathers in the United States increasingly don’t get to see their children as much as they would like. More than ever, dads feel that work is robbing them of the opportunity to be present during their children’s lives.
‘Renaissance Man’ Photographer Zun Lee and the Power of Stories
Zun Lee wasn’t all that interested in teaching students the ins and outs of taking pictures. Instead, Lee talked about something bigger: The power of stories.
This past spring, the renowned photographer spent the semester on campus as the JEC practitioner-in-residence.