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Awards and Honors
Throughout the year, Oberlin faculty, students, and alumni compete for scholarships and fellowships that reward high achievement in disciplines across the board. From STEM fields to musical performance to social activism, Obies see their hard work, dedication, and talent recognized and supported by the most prestigious foundations and organizations in higher education.
A passion for languages and education is why Oberlin is consistently ranked as one of the top producers of Fulbright scholars among undergraduate institutions. The Fulbright fellowship and many others can take projects and research to the next level, allow for travel opportunities and exposure to cultures around the world, and enable Obies to put their education to use by helping those in need.
Historian Jennifer L. Morgan ’86 Wins MacArthur Fellowship
Specialist in early American slavery has earned acclaim for extensive research and writing on the subject.
Cassandra Gutterman-Johns Awarded Fulbright ETA to Czech Republic
May 2, 2022
A theater and creative writing major, Gutterman-Johns hopes to learn more about teaching and pedagogy with the Fulbright program in the Czech Republic.
Osama Abdelrahman ’23 Receives Davis Projects for Peace Award
April 28, 2022
Osama Abdelrahman is expanding an organization he founded to connect Egypt's high school students with purposeful extracurricular activities.
Iesha-LaShay Phillips ’22 Awarded Full Scholarship to Yale Law School
April 25, 2022
After earning full scholarships to nearly every law school she applied to, Iesha-LaShay Phillips ’22 has decided to pursue a fully funded law degree at Yale Law School in the fall.
3 Oberlin Conservatory Alumni Win 2022 Guggenheim Fellowships
April 22, 2022
Annual awards support research or creative endeavors across a range of disciplines.
Oberlin Alumni Among 64th Annual Grammy Winners
April 5, 2022
Honors include a second Grammy for multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens.
Dance, Creative Writing Faculty Members Receive Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards
March 14, 2022
The awards are peer recognition of an artist's body of work, and support artists' growth and development in Ohio and beyond.
Oberlin Named Top Fulbright Producer for 2021-2022
March 2, 2022
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has recognized Oberlin College for the 13th consecutive year as a Top Producer of Fulbright Students. Oberlin is fifth among baccalaureate institutions, sending nine scholars to study abroad during the 2021-2022 academic year
Megan Kaes Long Wins Society for Music Theory's Wallace Berry Award
December 20, 2021
Megan Kaes Long , an associate professor of music theory at Oberlin Conservatory, was awarded the 2021 Wallace Berry Award by the Society for Music Theory. The prize is given annually for a...
Ho Ting (Kelvin) Tang Earns 2021 Takács Beethoven Piano Prize
December 13, 2021
Annual competition honors Oberlin’s longtime professor and the master who inspires his work.
Winners Named in Oberlin’s 2021 Senior Concerto Competition
November 18, 2021
Four instrumentalists will perform with the Oberlin Orchestra in April and May 2022.
The Chopin Whisperer
November 9, 2021
Oberlin professor Dang Thai Son conquered one of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions. Now his students are doing the same.
Computer Science Professor Stephen Checkoway Receives Golden Goose Award
September 22, 2021
Checkoway is part of a team of scientists being honored for work leading to the discovery that someone could hack a car.
