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Electroencephalogram is used in a variety of ways in the cognitive sciences to examine the structures and processes that underlie a creature’s ability to think and reason.

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

Kate Frost ’15 majored in biology and neuroscience and minored in chemistry. The Oberlin alum knew early on that she was on a science track. Today she’s completing her first year of medical school at Vanderbilt University.

Follow along a day in the life of students, faculty, and staff during winter term.

Umra Omar ’06 provides free medical care to remote, insecure areas on the eastern coast of Kenya with her group Safari Doctors.

Oberlin’s student-run science magazine collaborates with students at neighboring liberal arts schools.

Bradley Hamilton and Jennifer Jimenez will spend 10 weeks working on cutting-edge projects with HHMI scientists.

Louise Edwards ’16 says her Shansi fellowship at Shanxi Agricultural University in Taigu, China, is an opportunity to learn more about her biracial identity by engaging in cross-cultural learning.

The prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Provides $30,000 for a year of purposeful study outside of the United States.

Third-year Gabriel Hitchcock, a neuroscience major and art history minor, spent his winter term in Hanoi, Vietnam, volunteering at a traditional medicine hospital.