News
Environmental Studies to Marketing: Natalia Garcia ’17
March 5, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
An environmental studies graduate, Natalia Garcia ’17 is working as a marketing associate at SmartSign.
Environmental Studies Students Key Players in Cleveland Foundation Grant
December 17, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
With a $120,000 grant from the Cleveland Foundation, Oberlin College faculty and students are implementing Environmental Dashboard technology at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland.
Victor Lau ’17: Kitchen Administrator
November 29, 2018
Phoebe Pan ’20
Victor Lau ’17 is adapting to a new career path by applying his quantitative skills and experience with Oberlin’s dining co-ops to his job.
STRONG Returns for Its Fourth Year
September 20, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
STRONG launched its fourth program this summer, bringing together students from underrepresented demographics in STEM and Oberlin professors through research.
Making the L.A. River a River (Again)
August 1, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
Professor T.S. McMillin applies his training as a literary scholar to the study of rivers in Los Angeles, California.
Kieran Minor ’19 Named 2018 Truman Scholar
April 23, 2018
Tyler Sloan ’17
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 Catching Bats to Fighting Cancer: How Three Science Students Spent Summer Break
August 3, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
From bat research in Puerto Rico to lab work in Massachusetts, science majors spent the summer immersed in research projects across the globe.
Sophia Weinmann’s Plan to Save the Elephants
August 1, 2017
Amanda Nagy
A 2011 graduate in biology and environmental studies, Weinmann is part of an international effort fostering human-elephant conservation in Kenya.
Around the World with a Watson Fellowship
May 23, 2017
Amanda Nagy
May 2017 graduates Kirk Pearson (on right) will explore invented instruments, while Paulus Van Horne will study the effects of noise in megacities.
Sophie Davis ’16 Awarded Fulbright in Interdisciplinary Studies
May 23, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
Davis will explore the environment and play the violin in Samoa's capital city of Apia.