<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024/0501-lectures-recap.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Spring sampler: Phish, earthquakes, and cryptocurrency</title><author/><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>05/01/2024 01:57:00 PM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>The spring semester featured a stellar lineup of lectures, panels, and discussions, where academic experts and alumni delivered talks on a range of topics and also shared advice with Skidmore students.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2024/images/0501-lecture-thumbnail.jpg" alt="J. Christopher Giancarlo ’81"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2024/images/0501-lecture-featured.jpg" alt="J. Christopher Giancarlo ’81"/></image><caption>J. Christopher Giancarlo ’81 delivers the Adirondack Trust Co. Lecture on Finance: “Making digital currency safe for democracy.”</caption></item>