Awards and Honors

Lucas Daley ’26 is an Oberlin College triple major in politics, economics, and Russian who has successfully bridged the gap between academic research, international policy, and personal passions.

The double major in gender, sexuality, and feminist studies and creative writing will explore “the intersection of agriculture and art, and how clay, soil, and ceramics preserve cultural traditions.”

Annual awards celebrate distinguished and sustained leadership across the college and conservatory.

Highly competitive program awards $5,000 grants recognizing outstanding artistic achievement.

The Oberlin double major is one of 26 people awarded the highly competitive Gates Cambridge Scholarship—an honor reserved for the most academically brilliant social leaders in the U.S.

Oberlin College and Conservatory was named a Top Producer of Fulbright students for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Leo Hidy ’23, a comparative American studies major who also studied business and economics while at Oberlin, has received a 2026 Marshall Scholarship that will fund two years of graduate study in the UK.

The record-setting Oberlin athlete and musical studies major has earned a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Germany for the 2025-2026 academic year.

The fellowship will help the psychology major achieve her goals of becoming a globally minded mental health professional.

Prestigious honor celebrates contributions to American music; longtime professor joins elite company.

The young alum, from George Town, Grand Cayman, will serve as a teaching assistant in university-level English classes.

The anthropology and biology double major will be an English Teaching Assistant.