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Policy, People, and Grassroot Organizing in Portland
Chloe Vassot
Kiley Petersen spent her winter term learning about grassroots organizing in local, historically marginalized communities in Portland, Oregon, as an intern for OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon.
Fighting for Fairness
Kasey Cheydleur
Peter Saudek ’15 works for the Housing Research and Advocacy Center in Cleveland to tackle advocacy work around civil rights and social justice.
Honors for Study Abroad
Amanda Nagy
Senior Shavonne Stanek receives an Undergraduate Research Award from the Forum on Education Abroad for her in-depth study of fishing practices in Zanzibar.
Writing Science for Radio
Kasey Cheydleur, Chloe Vassot
Angus Chen ’13 is a science reporter for National Public Radio (NPR).
Oberlin Senior Named Rhodes Scholar
Amanda Nagy
Machmud Makhmudov, a politics major and environmental studies minor, will study in Oxford for the next two years.
Students Renew Fight for Environmental Justice in Alabama
Owain Heyden
A group of students surveyed the health threats posed by industries in the community of Africatown this fall break.
Raptor Watch
Kasey Cheydleur
Steph Szarmach ’15 looks to the San Francisco Bay Area skies to gain field biology experience.
Environmental Justice in a Tar Sands Battleground
Amanda Nagy
A team of students led by Professor Janet Fiskio conduct research for a Gulf Coast community founded by the last ship of enslaved peoples brought from Africa to the United States.
Grant Connects Study of Asia and Environment
Communications Staff
An exploratory grant from the Henry Luce Foundation has paved the way for intensive study trips to China and Japan, special seminars on campus, and curriculum development.