http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x506.xmlSample news feed.Davidson College has entered a new partnership with edX, a non-profit enterprise founded by Harvard and MIT, to produce a series of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) over the next several years. Davidson is one of the first leading liberal arts colleges to collaborate with edX on the XConsortium platform, which is now comprised of 26 global educational institutions.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47075.xml20130521T04:00:00To honor the many talents and gifts Clark Ross, retiring Vice President of Academic Affairs, has brought to Davidson, a new project is underway that intends to build collaborations representing areas of meaning to him.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47074.xml20130520T04:00:00Remarks by President Carol Quillen at Davidson College Commencement 2013http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47073.xml20130520T04:00:00Davidson College presented diplomas to 447 members of the Class of 2013 in Commencement exercises on Sunday morning, May 19.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47069.xmlBill Giduz, Director of Media Relations20130519T04:00:00Professor Vivien Dietz is a consummate perfectionist who appreciates the enchanting allure of the ideal - never lets it go - and yet recognizes that the best teaching must eschew a dogged pedantry, that inspiration is born of imperfection, and that growth is impossible without error, and sometimes pain.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47068.xmlBill Giduz, Director of Media Relations20130519T04:00:00A prolific scholar, Professor Peter J. Ahrensdorf is nonetheless constantly found at the office, warmly greeting students and inviting them to discuss at greater length a challenging question earlier posed in class.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47067.xmlBill Giduz, Director of Media Relations20130519T04:00:00Over several decades now Lunsford Richardson King has served others in our community in a quiet, unassuming and effective manner. As one nominator has said, "He embodies the notion of servant-leader we hold so dear here at Davidson. His service and his humility are borne of gratitude and an absolute lack of pretension."http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47066.xmlBill Giduz, Director of Media Relations20130519T04:00:00The student recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award is Kaneisha Gaston '13, from Davidson, North Carolina. She is an English major and ethnic studies concentrator.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47065.xmlBill Giduz20130519T04:00:00In August, five more names will be added to the list of Baker-Vagt Scholars at Davidson College..http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47062.xml20130516T04:00:00Kaneisha L. Gaston '13 will be the first African American graduate ever who calls the Town of Davidson "home."http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47061.xml20130516T04:00:00A dozen seniors took a new "Biochemistry of Obesity" seminar this semester with Professor of Biology Pam Hay.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47056.xml20130514T04:00:00Daron Acemoglu, renowned economist and co-author of "Why Nations Fail: Origins of Power, Poverty and Prosperity," entertained a capacity crowd in the Lilly Family Gallery as the 2013 Cornelson Distinguished Lecturer.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47050.xml20130513T04:00:00Videos and social media coverage of NASA astronaut Dr. Tom Marshburn '82.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47048.xml20130511T04:00:00In "Gossip," a seminar created by MacArthur Assistant Professor of English Maria Fackler, students learn that gossip can represent everything from spiteful treachery to a light and intriguing invitation to a picnic.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47047.xml20130509T04:00:00The Davidson College Board of Trustees approved continuous tenure and promotion to Associate Professor for three faculty members this spring, and awarded named professorships to three others.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47041.xml20130507T04:00:00Faculty and students involved with the college's new interdisciplinary Gender and Sexuality Studies major (GSS) gathered recently to celebrate the first year of this broadest-ever academic collaboration between single-subject disciplines at Davidson.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47040.xml20130507T04:00:00Assistant Professor of Psychology Jessica Good took two students to the Carolinas Psychology Conference in Raleigh this spring, where Davidson unexpectedly became a first-time winner of the Association for Psychological Science Psychology Jeopardy Tournament!http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47025.xml20130506T04:00:00Wendy E. Raymond, Professor of Biology and former Associate Dean for Institutional Diversity at Williams College, will become Davidson College's Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty on August 1.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47022.xml20130501T04:00:00Davidson College President Carol E. Quillen will participate in a May 6 panel discussion focused on issues that are preventing more than 1 million students in the United States from moving beyond high school.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47021.xml20130503T04:00:00For the fourth time in as many years, Professor of Political Science Russell Crandall accompanied 13 students to Colombia to witness first-hand the economic and social development that has taken place in the Andean nation on the heels of more than 50 years of armed conflict.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47020.xml20130501T04:00:00With families, professors, staff, and supporters looking on proudly, Davidson presented dozens of awards of excellence to members of the college family at Spring Convocation on April 30, 2013.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47018.xml20130430T04:00:00President Barack Obama nominated Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx '93 to be his next transportation secretary. Foxx joined Obama and outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in the White House's East Room for the announcement. Obama touted Foxx's leadership of Charlotte, citing the city's growing economy and significant investments in transportation, including air and light rail infrastructure.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47017.xml20130430T04:00:00Through a shared arrangement of funding between the Bosoms family and Davidson College, several 2013 grads will receive the first Davidson Impact Fellowships this summer.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x47015.xml20130429T04:00:00A current look at the college's financial health from Standard and Poor's (S&P) reaffirms its robust standing. In the latest annual examination of the books, S&P analysts affirmed Davidson's AA+ rating with a stable outlook.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46987.xml20130426T04:00:00Nine students who are involved in a multi-institutional effort to produce better blueberries only see the fruit as codes, symbols, numbers and letters on computer screens, rather than the nutritional, sweet treat they love.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46983.xml20130424T04:00:00A Davidson College student project and a project from two alumni are among nineteen selected from 95 entrants to compete in the finals of the 12th Annual Charlotte Venture Challenge (CVC) on May 1.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46982.xml20130423T04:00:00The Harveys partner with Davidson College to create a program with a lasting legacy and offer a gift to support the Davidson Impact Fellows program.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46975.xml20130418T04:00:00Davidson is digging archaeology more and more these days!http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46963.xml20130418T04:00:00The Davidson family was met with a five-day challenge: to inspire 2,000 donors to make their Annual Fund gift between April 8-12. Gifts are still being counted, but the challenge was met and exceeded! More than 2,000 gifts were made during the five-day time period, securing the anonymous donors' gift of $300,000 to Davidson.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46960.xml20130416T04:00:00The School for Field Studies (SFS) recently awarded Davidson junior Rebecca Evans its "Distinguished Student Researcher Award" for her investigation into rainforest ecology in Queensland, Australia.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46959.xml20130416T04:00:00Betsy Gammon '14 and Gloria Bui '14 have received this year's Vann Fellowships for Biomedical Ethics Research to spend the coming summer at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46947.xml20130415T04:00:00Davidson students' fundraising efforts at the fourth annual "Dinner at Davidson" and a matching gift produced a total of $70,000 in support for the Student Government Association Davidson Trust Scholarship.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46941.xml20130411T04:00:00Davidson College will host a live NASA downlink from the International Space Station (ISS) between 3:30 p.m. and 4:35 p.m., Friday, April 12, in the C. Shaw Smith 900 Room of the Alvarez College Union.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46927.xml20130409T04:00:00In "Married to the Ministry," a seminar created by Associate Professor of Religion Anne Blue Wills, 12 students researched the demands and expectations on clergy wives.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46925.xml20130408T04:00:00An anonymous group of Davidson College alumni and parents have committed $300,000 to a five-day challenge that aims to inspire 2,000 donors to make their gift to Davidson April 8-12.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46921.xml20130405T04:00:00Professor of Biology David Wessner has teamed with two colleagues at the University of Waterloo to coauthor the new textbook Microbiology.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46920.xml20130405T04:00:00Davidson has awarded graduating senior Chad Harper its annual W. Thomas Smith Scholarship.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46919.xml20130404T04:00:00Davidson College students invite the public on April 6 to "Dinner at Davidson," the fourth edition of their annual effort to raise funds for the college's groundbreaking financial aid programs.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46918.xml20130402T04:00:00Fourteen Davidson students went to Selma, Ala., for spring break. During five busy days they worked at three schools, visited sites that are historically significant to the Civil Rights Movement and participated in non-violence training courses.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46910.xml20130327T04:00:00Chris Ragsdale '14 and Nick McGuire '14 were recently elected and inaugurated as Student Government Association president and vice president, respectively, for the coming year.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46909.xml20130326T04:00:00Four Davidson math majors recently added another shining star to the college's historically distinguished record in "quiz bowl" competitions by winning a 28-team competition at the annual meeting of the Southeast Section of the Mathematical Association of America.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46899.xml20130321T04:00:00While the national sports spotlight shines most brightly on the men's basketball team, other Wildcat athletes have racked up some outstanding achievements of their own recently!...http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46893.xml20130319T04:00:00Davidson students won a poster prize for their work last summer on trying to make the common E. coli bacteria produce the anti-asthma drug theophylline.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46889.xml20130319T04:00:00Under the guidance of Associate Professor of Anthropology Helen Cho and Officer David Houk of the Town of Davidson Police Department, Caitlin Hickey '14 is enrolled in an independent study of forensic art and anthropology. As her final project for the course, she will be reconstructing the face of a human skull..http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46882.xml20130318T04:00:00Davidson College's Theatre Department will present the popular musical comedy "Guys and Dolls" in Duke Family Performance Hall March 20-24.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46877.xml20130314T04:00:00Davidson College students returning from spring break will greet a new artistic addition to campus. During the past week, construction workers and members of the college art faculty have installed an outdoor sculpture, Waves III, at the reengineered confluence of several heavily traveled sidewalks between Chambers Building and several residence halls.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46862.xml20130308T05:00:00This spring Ayesha Shah '13 led a group of Davidson Elementary first grade students on a field trip around campus to show them how math surrounds our everyday lives.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46846.xml20130307T05:00:00In a March 6 article about online learning, The Wall Street Journal cites the teaching of Associate Professor Tim Chartier of Davidson College.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46845.xml20130307T05:00:00President Quillen’s “Point of View” article appears in the February 22, 2013 edition of the Charlotte Business Journal.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46829.xml20130227T05:00:00Davidson College invites the public to a talk on Tuesday evening, February 26, by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Robert A. Caro. Caro has won virtually every major literary honor in American letters for his five major works.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46806.xml20130220T05:00:00When the green flag drops on a new NASCAR season at Daytona this Sunday, February 24, Davidson alumnus Ben Brown ‘00 will be right there in the race again.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46805.xml20130220T05:00:00Adjunct Professor Rebecca Rhulen's course in "Contradictions in Contemporary Motherhood," explores many issues surrounding this universal and vital subject.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46605.xml20130206T05:00:00Davidson College's theatre production of "Sonia Flew" depicts how historical events between the USA and Cuba creates tumult and uncertainty in the lives of ordinary people.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46749.xml20130215T05:00:00Davidson Ethicist Spells Out the Case for Caution in Drone Strike Warhttp://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46730.xml20130212T05:00:00Personality profiles of Davidson's newly promoted faculty membershttp://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46729.xml20130212T05:00:00Personality profiles of Davidson's newly promoted faculty members.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46728.xml20130212T05:00:00Personality profiles of Davidson's newly promoted faculty membershttp://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46727.xml20130212T05:00:00Personality profiles of Davidson's newly promoted faculty members.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46726.xml20130212T05:00:00Personality Profiles of Davidson's Newly Promoted Faculty Membershttp://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46725.xml20130212T05:00:00Personality Profiles of Davidson's Newly Promoted Faculty Membershttp://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46724.xml20130212T05:00:00Personality Profiles of Davidson's Newly Promoted Faculty Membershttp://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46723.xml20130212T05:00:00Personality Profiles of Davidson's newly appointed full professors.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46722.xml20130212T05:00:00Thatcher Professor Lance Stell has been appointed to a national committee charged with designing policy for organ transplantation.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46712.xml20130208T05:00:00The college replaced the Duke Family Performance Hall floor during winter break with a harder, more durable surface of white oak.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46589.xml20130131T05:00:00A new $150,000 grant awarded to Davidson College will get students further engaged in energy efficiency on campus.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46578.xml20130129T05:00:00During Winter Break recently, more than 100 Davidson students spent a day at work by participating in the Office of Career Services' Job Shadowing Program.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46122.xml20130128T05:00:00Davidson's interest in helping students successfully transition from graduation to further study and career is getting a boost through establishment of a full-time staff position for a Director of Fellowships.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46557.xml20130122T05:00:00The Davidson Community Players "Connie Company" youth troupe will present the children's adventure story Jack and the Beanstalk January 25-27 in collaboration with the Davidson College Department of Theatre.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46558.xml20130122T05:00:00Davidson College invites the public to "Cuba: Memory, Migration, Art," a multi-disciplinary symposium taking place on campus in January and February.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46544.xml20130115T05:00:00Davidson College will commemorate Black History Month through a series of events and exhibitions focusing on the influence of the Civil Rights Movement both nationally and abroad.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46519.xml20130108T05:00:00Davidson College invites the public to an extensive series of events on Monday, January 21, to commemorate Martin Luther King Day.http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x46507.xml20130103T05:00:00