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Patrick Powers '21 Receives Fulbright to Uzbekistan
June 10, 2021
Amanda Nagy
Powers has a deep interest in the culture, politics, and literature of Central Asia.
Jakob Faber ’21 Receives Fulbright Research Fellowship at McGill Space Institute in Montréal
June 9, 2021
Amanda Nagy
A double major in physics and philosophy with a concentration in astrophysics, Faber will collaborate with one of the world's leading scientists studying the origins of Fast Radio Bursts.
Oberlin College to Receive $10,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
June 2, 2021
Scott Wargo
The Oberlin College Department of Dance has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support Critical Mass: CI @ 50, a five-day international conference that will reflect on the history and significance of Contact Improvisation and Oberlin College’s legacy in its development.
Contributing to the COVID Conversation with Clare Stevens ’21
May 25, 2021
Kyra McConnell ’22
Amidst COVID-19, Oberlin College students found ways to engage academically and creatively to contribute to the conversation surrounding the pandemic. One example of such work is Clare Stevens ’21, an economics major who landed internship last summer in the Community Development Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, where she published an article about the impact of the pandemic on eviction rates in the United States.
Janet Wu ’21 Earns Oberlin’s Nexial Prize for 2021
May 25, 2021
Erich Burnett
Double-degree pianist to pursue medicine at Stanford University.
Three Biology Graduates Receive Young Botanist Award
May 24, 2021
Amanda Nagy
Renée Geyer, Emily Humphreys, and Michelle Liu received honors from the Botanical Society of America for their achievements in three different types of botanical research.
Megan Grabill '21 Receives Fulbright Fellowship in Benin
May 20, 2021
Amanda Nagy
Grabill will combine her background in anthropology and fluency in French language to become immersed in the culture of Benin.
Nkeiru Okoye '92 Earns Guggenheim Fellowship for Composition
May 19, 2021
Erich Burnett
Award supports completion of an opera that explores the experience of Black women.
Composer, Instrumentalist, and Educator Katherine Young '03 Earns Guggenheim Fellowship
May 18, 2021
Erich Burnett
Collaboration lies at the heart of Katherine Young’s creative existence. A bassoonist and composer as well as an educator, she writes for and plays with chamber ensembles and rock bands,...
Oberlin Symposium Strives for Actual Change in a Virtual Setting
May 18, 2021
Erich Burnett
Beginning May 25, Crafting Change presents four weeks of innovative thinking for teachers, students, artists, and others—all of it free.
