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STRONG launched its fourth program this summer, bringing together students from underrepresented demographics in STEM and Oberlin professors through research.

Professor T.S. McMillin applies his training as a literary scholar to the study of rivers in Los Angeles, California.

Kieran Minor ’19 has won the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Awarded to outstanding college juniors who have demonstrated a strong commitment to public service, the $30,000 prize will help fund Minor’s postgraduate studies.

From bat research in Puerto Rico to lab work in Massachusetts, science majors spent the summer immersed in research projects across the globe.

A 2011 graduate in biology and environmental studies, Weinmann is part of an international effort fostering human-elephant conservation in Kenya.

Davis will explore the environment and play the violin in Samoa's capital city of Apia.

May 2017 graduates Kirk Pearson (on right) will explore invented instruments, while Paulus Van Horne will study the effects of noise in megacities.

The second-year student will study Japanese in Hikone, Japan.

Assistant Professor Chie Sakakibara collaborates with Alaska Native community to study climate change, cultural resilience, and the reciprocal relationships between humans and animals.

Technology created at Oberlin expands in Akron, Cleveland, and Toledo.