News & Events

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a college holiday. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to take advantage of the many virtual events planned in celebration of King’s life.

Many families have struggled through the pandemic. Davidson College’s Farm has stocked the FEEDNC food pantry with fresh, organic produce for those most in need.

Julia Matthiesen ’24 is the inaugural recipient of the Malú Alvarez Visual Art Scholarship, created by artist and alumna Malú Alvarez ’02. In addition to art, Matthiesen is interested in computer science and is excited about the ways her interests will mesh at Davidson.

Economic experts frequently disagree, but a Davidson College-led national panel of four of them reached a consensus about the year ahead: The recovery will be swift…and uneven.

As we prepare to welcome 2021, we pause to remember 2020. It was a year of loss, anxiety, reckoning, resilience, and yes, hope.

Last spring on a nearly empty campus, chair and associate professor of Environmental Studies Brad Johnson pored over maps of Linville Gorge, an unusually steep, rugged canyon among the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina.