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Davidson College Names New Campus Police Chief
Julian Coaxum, a veteran law enforcement leader in higher education, will join Davidson College as the new chief of the campus police in January—three decades after he squared off against the Wildcats football team.
On Veterans Day, a Family’s Legacy of Service and a Veteran’s Mission to Help Others Heal
We share the stories of two Davidson alumni with a frontline perspective of the war our country still fights.
Beautiful Life: Love, Friendship and Loss Inspire Legacy of International Adventure
Stephen Keller would have loved a Jackson Allen road trip.
And Allen says he’ll always treasure his Keller-inspired adventures.
The Sound of Suspense: What makes the music of horror films so chilling?
Horror film buff and music department chair Neil Lerner takes viewers on a tour of the sounds that signal suspense and startle us into dropping our popcorn. Lerner is editor of the essay collection “Music in the Horror Film: Listening to Fear.”
Not Your 9-to-5: Gig-Hub Primes Students for New World of Work
When the City University of Mogadishu needed a website revamp, it turned to Davidson—so did a researcher with essays to translate from French to English, and a startup travel company looking for innovators to help develop and market its services.
By Kids, for Kids: Local Hero Inspires New Book, New Generation
It started as a heroes of history project.
On Friday afternoons, Kenzie Bell’s students in the Ada Jenkins Center’s after-school program would learn about people who changed history, and then create posters to hang on the classroom wall.
‘Education Transforms’: Alison Hall Mauze ’84 Elected Board Chair
Alison Hall Mauzé, a former JP Morgan vice president who never lost sight of her educator parents’ mission, was elected chair of the Davidson College Board of Trustees Friday.
No Healthy Alternative: Researchers Warn of Vaping Dangers
Know what you’re breathing. That’s a message Karen Bernd and Cindy Hauser hope to convey about hookahs and e-cigarettes. The Davidson College professors don’t scold, but instead arm their students with research.
Imagination and Curiosity: A Q&A With Celebrated Novelist Jennifer Egan
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and New York Times Magazine writer Jennifer Egan visited Davidson College Wednesday to give the annual Joel Conarroe Lecture.
