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The business major from Ann Arbor, Michigan, enjoyed an educational and confidence-building internship.

The math major from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, used his summer internship to delve deeper into his studies.

The senior from Brooklyn, New York, interned in professional softball.

The Oberlin football player and Entrepreneurship Club founder enjoyed an inspiring summer internship.

Judge William Vodrey ’87 and his summer intern, Matthew Grogan ’27, find common ground in justice, integrity and the power of the law. 

After being fascinated with the research of Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science Joshua H. Davidson ’12, Aahil Singh ’26 decided to pursue a similar project. As a double major in mathematics and economics with a statistical modeling minor and data science concentration, Aahil appreciates how concepts can cross disciplines. Through Summer Experience Funding, over the summer, he worked on a research paper with Professor Davidson on the subject of transportation.  

Abby Tejera Rocha ’25 is a physics and computer science double major, with an astrophysics concentration here at Oberlin. This summer, she took her skills up to Massachusetts to do research at MIT. Here, she discusses what led her there, her innovative project, and where she plans to go next.

A neuroscience major with a concentration in global health, Elsa Faulders ’26 has lofty aspirations. She thanks Oberlin for her grounding principles. Learn more about how she applied these with her internship at the Penn Medicine Biobank through Summer Experience Funding.

Cole Tashjian ’25 knew what he wanted when he came to Oberlin College, and got down to business to achieve it. As an economics major with minors in computer science and mathematics, he set himself up well to go into finance. This summer, he interned at Invesco, and used it as a stepping stone to set up his future career. Here, Cole talks about his role and successes.

Kayla Elias ’25 knows exactly what she wants to do after college, and is setting herself up perfectly via her Internship+ program placement at the Elahi Lab at the Friedman Brain Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. At Oberlin, Kayla is on the pre-medical track, majoring in neuroscience and biochemistry. As an aspiring physician-scientist, she is following Dr. Fanny Elahi, who does just that and is learning how Dr. Elahi balances research and clinic work.