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Recent News About Davidson College
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Bank of America Lecture: Lessons from the Edge - A Conversation with Former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch will be speaking to the Davidson community about her recent book Lessons from the Edge, a New York Times bestseller.
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Symposium: Envisioning Our Future, A Conversation with Faculty, Alumni, & President Hicks
President Hicks will join a conversation with faculty, alumni, and others about the future of Davidson College.
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Team Spirit: Cheer Program Reaches New Heights
One reason: They are an incredibly hard-working team of athletes. Another reason: Head Coach Kaylee Smith.
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Commitment Strengthens College’s Support of Free Expression
It identifies challenges old and new, from a history of outright exclusion to an environment that encourages self-censoring. The commitment aims to help nurture trust and empathy that will sustain an environment for robust debate.
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New Book on Cherokee Nation’s History Gets NEH Grant Support
Some records are lost to history—destroyed during the nation’s bloodiest conflict, carelessly tossed aside when homes were seized and their contents purged, or exposed to the elements as the inhabitants of those homes trudged the desolate path of forced relocation.
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Team Spirit: Cheer Program Reaches New Heights
The Davidson College cheer team attended nationals in Florida, eager to do their best but fully expecting to leave empty handed.
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Still Dreaming: Black Women Writers Offer Unflinching Honesty
Dr. Gill-Sadler pushes us to critically examine assumptions about how and by whom knowledge is produced.
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Jobs and GDP are still up, but inflation keeps sucking the air out of the economy.
Jobs and GDP are still up, but inflation keeps sucking the air out of the economy.
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Commemoration Project Moves Forward With Support and Invitation to Meet Finalists
The unacknowledged contributions of enslaved Black people are everywhere on campus.
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Truman Scholar Pursues Public Health Future
In 2016, bullies regularly taunted high school freshman Hana Kamran about the hijab she wore. She dreaded walking to classes and hearing words like “terrorist” callously lobbed in her direction.
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Inflation Ticked Down, but More Pain in the Forecast as Fed Stamps Out Price Increases
Prices are up across the board over the past 12 months despite the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates four times just this year.
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Inflation Ticked Down, but More Pain in the Forecast as Fed Stamps Out Price Increases
In a December Q&A, Economics Professor Vikram Kumar noted that inflation is only transitory, until it’s not. Eight months later, inflation is not only not transitory, it has proven to be quite stubborn.
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College’s New Professional Theatre Company Sizzles With ‘Barbecue’
But sometimes it’s the people you don’t know who can offer a perspective you haven’t thought of, a window you haven’t looked through, a voice you haven’t heard.
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Davidson Celebrates Record-Breaking Fundraising Totals in President Quillen’s Final Year
This year, Foster Loyer ’23 broke the Davidson free throw record when he made 46 in a row.
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Monkeypox Outbreaks Stir Fear of a New Pandemic. How Worried Should We Be?
As the COVID-19 pandemic appears to recede, another virus is beginning to spread around the globe.
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College’s New Professional Theatre Company Sizzles With ‘Barbecue’
Get Your Tickets for 'Barbecue,' July 15-31
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Quillen Joins Princeton Board of Trustees
Davidson College President Carol Quillen has been appointed to the Princeton University board of trustees.
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Gifts Honor President Quillen’s Transformative Leadership
President Carol E. Quillen has for 11 years inspired renewed engagement, deep trust and generous giving at Davidson.
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Inspired by Students, First Gen Alum Creates Opportunity Through Scholarship Support
Olivia Ware didn’t have the resources to travel the country touring colleges, so she leaned on a guidance counselor’s suggestion and the glossy admission materials in her mailbox to make her college choice.
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Show Time: College’s New Professional Theatre Company Debuts With Musical ‘Violet’
Show Time: College’s New Professional Theatre Company Debuts With Musical ‘Violet’