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2024 Davidson Fellow Valencia Zhang was featured in various news publications for her project “TIC 184743498: The First Ever Tri-Axial Stellar Pulsator.” “My discovery of the first-ever triaxial pulsator motivates a fundamental redefining of…
2024 Davidson Fellow Roark Petermann was featured in the Wallkill Valley Times for his project “Centripetal Agonies.” “With a historical approach spanning centuries, Centripetal Agonies investigates the interconnectedness of suffering between living things by detailing some…
2024 Davidson Fellow Oliver Wang was featured in the Falls Church News-Press for his project “NanoDiffusion: An Ultra-Precision, Compact Powder Optimization System for Advancing Nanoparticle Cancer Treatment and Battery Applications.” Oliver’s research on electrode…
2024 Davidson Fellow Aadita Roy was featured in the Pelham Examiner for her project “Pro-Inflammatory Macrophages Induce Pyroptotic Death of β-cells; Modeling Macrophage-Mediated Pancreatic Endocrine β-Cell Damage Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Vascularized Macrophage-Islet…
The Third Annual Pioneer Co-Curricular Summit presents an unparalleled opportunity for students and educators to unlock their full academic potential. This annual summit is a social benefit initiative by Pioneer Academics. Noting the lack…
2024 Davidson Fellow Ashley Malkin was featured in Greenwich Time for her technology project, Identification of Therapeutics for Neurological Disorders through Development of a Novel Machine Learning System for Predicting Drug-Gene Interactions in the…
2024 Davidson Fellow Curran Jacobus was featured in Central Oregon Daily News for his project, Target Specific Development of Pseudo Natural Products Through the Combination of Natural Product Fragments. Curran created a method that…
2024 Davidson Fellow Vidya Ambati was featured on CBS News Charlottesville for her project, Haloperidol Inhibits Inflammasome Activation via the Novel Receptor LAMTOR1 and Reduces the Risk of Rheumatoid and Gouty Arthritides. She has…
2024 Davidson Fellow Max Bloom was featured on CBS News Sacramento for his project, The Ilomon Project: Preserving Maasai Medicinal Heritage. Max traveled to Tanzania where he studied, photographed, and documented plants native to…
The Davidson Fellows scholarship awards $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 scholarships to gifted and high-achieving students, 18 years old or under, who have completed a significant piece of work. We’re thrilled to announce the 2024…
The Davidson Institute’s Director of Outreach Megan Cannella was quoted in the Vox.com article, “Does being a gifted kid make for a burned-out adulthood?” “The kiddos we work with here at the Davidson Institute…
In this fully updated second edition, this book by Deirdre V. Lovecky, Ph.D. provides an insight into the challenges and benefits specific to gifted children with attention difficulties. Recognizing the different kinds and levels…