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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 Davidson College 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.

In Wake of Groundbreaking Tony Awards, Prof. Applauds Historical Moment for Disability
Davidson College English Professor Ann Fox appeared on the syndicated public radio show “On Point.” Fox, a scholar of disability studies, shared her insight on wheelchair user Ali Stroker’s win for “Best Actress” at the 2019 Tony Awards. Stroker currently stars in the Broadway revival of “Oklahoma!”

Game Changer Shalini Unnikrishnan '01 Leads During Time of Global Crisis
It was the peak of the Ebola crisis in West Africa, and infections were increasing exponentially. It was clear that if someone didn’t do something to turn it around in the next 90 days, the world would be in for a major pandemic—a pandemic no one was prepared to tackle.