News
Nine International Obies Will Begin PhDs in STEM
June 4, 2020
Jaimie Yue '22
A third of all Chinese international students in the Class of 2020 have secured positions in top PhD programs.
![Hand placing a petri dish under a microscope.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/stem_photo.png?itok=B5BSttu0)
Eyeing Her Finnish Line
May 22, 2020
Erich Burnett
Soprano Maggie Kinabrew ’20 bolsters ties to her ancestral music through a Fulbright opportunity in Helsinki.
![singer performing onstage](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/maggie_kinabrew_at_2020_danenberg_photo_by_scott_shaw.jpg?itok=u6LY0wIR)
Rainie Heck Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
May 14, 2020
Amanda Nagy
In addition to receiving a three-year annual stipend, fellows share in the prestige and opportunities that become available when they are selected.
![Rainie Heck '20 Woman standing in front of stone structure.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/rainie_heck.jpeg?itok=LDKWFw8G)
The Future of Sustainability in Buildings: Grant Sheely ’19
May 11, 2020
Victor Salcido ’21
The 2019 graduate earned degrees in both math and physics and now works as a sustainability coordinator in New York City.
![man wearing suit and tie sits at a desk in office space.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/grant-sheely-19-cd2.png?itok=nqULjx8A)
Dance Like Everybody’s Listening
January 31, 2020
Oli Bentley ’21
TIMARA students compose music for dance... with dancers at their side.
![dancers perform to music written by student composers.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/img_0272.jpeg?itok=mTH722wD)
Professor of Mathematics Robert Bosch Shares Highlights From New Book
November 22, 2019
Communications Staff
Bosch gave this year's President's Lecture titled Opt Art: From Mathematical Optimization to Visual Design during Parents and Family Weekend.
![Bob Bosch book signing Professor signs book for college president.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2019/bosch_book_signing-dale_preston.jpg?itok=tiOZvcGE)
Bikalpa Baniya ’19 and Gaurab Pokharel ’21 Receive Davis Projects for Peace Award
May 30, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
Baniya and Pokharel have earned the Davis Projects for Peace Award, which funds undergraduate projects that advance peacemaking efforts.
![Gaurab Pokharel ’21 Gaurab Pokharel posing in a busy hallway in King, leaning against a bulletin board.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/gaurab_pokharel_headshot.jpg?itok=Sj183WoW)
Oberlin Shansi Announces Summer 2019 In-Asia Grant Recipients
May 29, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
Four students have received In-Asia grants for summer 2019.
![Oberlin Shansi Open House Photo of materials distributed on a table (pencils, buttons, books)](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/shansi_fellows_story_photo_header.jpg?itok=AANtvjvc)
Q&A with Abby Cheng ’20, Captain of Women’s Ultimate Team
March 4, 2019
Jane Hobson ’22
Double-degree student Abby Cheng has been selected to play on the Women’s National Team at the WFDF Ultimate Championships this summer in Heidelberg, Germany.
![Abby Cheng ’19 competing at the Northeast Club Regionals with her club team, BENT, in 2017 Action shot of Abbey Cheng playing ultimate](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/frisbee_story_header.jpg?itok=cry7hhY0)
Helen Kramer ’17 Receives Humanity in Action Fellowship in Germany
April 20, 2017
Amanda Nagy
Summer program facilitates dialogue on human rights and social justice.
![Fellowship recipient Helen Kramer](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/helen_kramer_thumbnail-a.jpg?itok=z8l3m8EU)