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Many areas of the country saw significant drops in pollution levels when stay-at-home orders were put in place several months ago. The effects on the atmosphere suggested to Devin Williams ’21 that there might be other factors to investigate. He joined a team of students who assisted Professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies Cindy Frantz in a project that would lead to the study of COVID-19 on psychological factors.

More than 200 students performed individual and group projects during this year’s Winter Term. Although typically held in January, it was shifted to August this year under the same premise: a time for students to explore opportunities outside of their regular course of study.

While teaching abroad, the 2019 graduate hopes to become involved in community building and environmentalism.

Ezimora is applying the professional experience she gained as a double major in psychology and environmental studies as well as her roles as a student treasurer and cochair of the Student Finance Committee.

Goldstein is Oberlin’s first Goldwater Scholarship winner for psychology research.

Their reserach explores the commonalities between nonsuicidal self-injury and eating disorders.

As part of a larger effort to address the changing needs of 21st-century students, Oberlin College will launch an integrative concentration in business that will provide students with both the values of a liberal arts education and high-quality experiences in business and finance.

A Winter Term 2020 project in the Department of Psychology introduces students to the most important open-source programming language in data science.

In this photo series, we explore the art of cinema storytelling; go to an entrepreneurial boot camp; get intense with strings and Greek; go back to high school in Berkeley; stop by the freezer section in Kim’s Grocery & Carryout; get involved with dark matter; learn R for SPSS; join a dance class; design an archeological exhibit; get cozy with a wild beast; and much more.

This episode of An Oberlin Minute takes an inside look at the life of voice performance students in Oberlin Opera Theater’s production of Proving Up.