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Davidson Named a Fulbright Top Producer—Again
AIɫɫ is once again a Top Producer for Fulbright’s U.S. Student Program. The college ranks third in the nation and highest in the southeast among four-year bachelor’s degree institutions.
Stressed Out? Get a Grip With the Help of Positive Psychology
AIɫɫ psychology professor offers evidence-based exercises for managing stress. Find out more.
Eat. Learn. Play. Wildcats.: Stephen and Ayesha Curry Support Davidson Student Success Through Lula Bell’s Resource Center
Learn more about how Stephen and Ayesha Curry, founders of the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, are helping AIɫɫ to meet students’ needs.
Tech Impact Fund to Pair Businesses With Students Looking for Paid Hands-on Experience
Through a new fund created by AIɫɫ alumna Whitney A. White, the Jay Hurt Hub for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will match students with businesses for portfolio-building work opportunities. The Tech Impact Fund will provide paid student talent at no cost to women-owned and underrepresented minority-owned businesses.
Pandemic Pivot: Entrepreneurs Bob, Weave and Innovate
For these AIɫɫ alums, the pandemic imperiled the businesses they built from the ground up. But through a mix of introspection and innovation, they’ve emerged even stronger.
Virtual Reality Holds Promise in Combating ‘Stereotype Threat’
Harvard’s president lost his job. So did a Google researcher. Mattel recalled a new version of “Barbie.” Each was a consequence of reinforcing the harmful stereotype that girls and women can’t compete with boys and men in science and math.
Can Chocolate Take a Bite Out of Stress? Psych Prof Says Yes – If Done Correctly
About a week after most students had left campus, psychology professor Laura Sockol drafted an email to all psychology majors, faculty and staff members. Her instructions were simple: Write down three good things they had experienced that day, and why they thought those things had happened.
Davidson Researchers in Search of Alzheimer’s Causes, Cure
Performing brain surgery on rodents isn’t for the squeamish, but Katie Barlis and Gaby Soden want answers.
Personal Experience Motivates Goldwater Scholars’ Cancer, Alzheimer’s Research
Ellie Mackintosh and Hossein Bakhshandeh are seeking better, more targeted cancer treatments. Katie Barlis is searching for clues to understand and treat neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s Disease.