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Jane Zimmerman joins the college in July as the John and Ruth McGee Director of the Dean Rusk International Studies Program.

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.

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.

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!”

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.

With six U.S. Fulbright grant recipients, Davidson College lands among the top producers of Fulbright students and scholars nationally.

With the United States and China locked in a tit-for-tat trade war, two Davidson economics professors and experts in international trade illuminated the cost and complexity of this conflict between the world’s two largest economies.

As environmentalists fight to save the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil’s leader is fighting to cut regulations to protect it and the indigenous families that live there. He says development will encourage more farming and industry and boost Brazil’s distressed economy.

Cora Martin ’21 has followed the battle closely, reading newspapers from Brazil and the United States for the latest developments. In August, she’ll go to Brazil to witness it firsthand.

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.

Hani Zaitoun has been awarded a 2019 Pulitzer Center Student Reporting Fellowship. He will travel to Estonia to examine how the country is responding to increased Russian military activity. Zaitoun is one of 43 student reporting fellows. The fellows will fan out across the globe to shed light on some of the most underreported, critical challenges of our time.

The college awarded degrees and said farewell to 476 members of the class of 2019. Graduates will embark on careers ranging from public service to medicine to banking to teaching. Some will begin those careers immediately, others will go on to graduate programs in the United States and abroad.