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Lydia Soifer’s favorite moments usually involve a forest.

From waking up to the cries of howler monkeys in the Amazon Rainforest, to hiking to the top of a mountain to get to a cloud forest in Australia, she feels joy in the midst of trees.

Soden’s love for bees inspired her research about their immune systems. Now the Davidson College biology major, accomplished tennis player and traumatic brain injury survivor has received a 2020 Goldwater Scholarship.

Dave Wessner, biology professor and interim chair of health and human values, appeared on the Bloomberg Businessweek podcast yesterday.

As a new strain of coronavirus spreads worldwide, Dave Wessner is seizing on this teachable moment.

Know what you’re breathing. That’s a message Karen Bernd and Cindy Hauser hope to convey about hookahs and e-cigarettes. The Davidson College professors don’t scold, but instead arm their students with research.

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

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.

They tackle real world problems: Tracking measles outbreaks. Developing better life-saving medications. Making mental health counseling more accessible. Keeping at-risk kids in school and out of prison.

They enliven the arts: Performing on stage. Writing poetry. Producing films. Playing music. Composing music. Painting. Drawing. Sculpting.

That’s just a small taste of what Davidson College students have been up to this year.