News
Before and After the Storm: Geology Research Offers Rare View of Erosion in the Caribbean
February 25, 2019
Amanda Nagy
Associate Professor of Geology Amanda Schmidt and her students are analyzing data in a collaborative research project that measures the impact of a category 5 hurricane on the island nation of Dominica.
Associate Professor of Geology Amanda Schmidt and Monica Dix ’20 Conduct Research in Cuba
January 17, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
Associate Professor of Geology Amanda Schmidt and third-year Monica Dix traveled to Cuba this past summer to research water quality in the country.
Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching Offers Inclusive and Evidence-based Practices
September 12, 2018
Communications Staff
Ten faculty and staff were named Scientific Teaching Fellows by Yale Mobile Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching.
Reunifying Oberlin’s Natural History Collection
August 29, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
Associate Professor of Anthropology Amy Margaris ’96 along with other faculty and staff members on campus are working to digitize the college’s many “dangling collections”—objects and specimens spread across various campus buildings that at one time had a home in the college’s natural history museum.
Julia Skrovan '15 Receives Shansi Grant to Indonesia
May 16, 2016
Lisa Gulasy
Alumna Julia Skrovan ’15 will teach English and lend writing support to undergraduate and graduate students at Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh.
Elena Robakiewicz '16 Receives Fulbright Research Grant in Germany
April 26, 2016
Lisa Gulasy
Elena Robakiewicz ’16 will study ancient lake data to better understand early human migration patterns.
Observing the Ocean
December 1, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Eint Kyi ’15 spends her days surrounded by her field of study as she pursues a master’s degree in oceanography at the University of Hawaii.
A River Wild
October 14, 2015
Amanda Nagy
Assistant Professor of Geology Amanda Schmidt is part of a team studying rates of soil loss and erosion in a river valley in western China.
Dinosaur Bones and Meteorites
September 28, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Henry Towbin ’13 leads an interdepartmental lab at the American Museum of Natural History that looks into a wide array of questions about natural history.
Mapping to Aid Relief in Nepal
September 28, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Elizabeth Gilmour ’13 is aiding earthquake relief efforts in Nepal through collaborative mapping with Kathmandu Living Labs.
