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States are gearing up to distribute two COVID-19 vaccines currently awaiting emergency use authorization from the FDA. Dave Wessner, biology professor at Davidson College, shares his insight on the promise of—and potential challenges to—the vaccines on the horizon.

In an interview with NPR’s All Things Considered, pediatrician and researcher Sallie Permar ’97 explained why the COVID-19 vaccines coming to market soon will not be available to children, who have been largely excluded from clinical trials.

Two of the most prominent experts and authors on higher education recently visited Davidson College by Zoom for a discussion of how college admission really works. Watch for more insights and recommendations on how to navigate the admission world.

U.S. Navy Commander Andrew Letizia ’99 is interviewed for a CBS News piece on a cutting-edge study he led to understand how young people’s bodies react to the novel coronavirus.