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Oberlin punches well above its weight in the sciences, as a recent symposium featuring alumni members of the National Academy of Sciences proves.

More than a dozen Oberlin alumni, as well as two current students, made appearances at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, including an improviser whose sidekick is a robot with an iPad for a face, a vocalist and bassist for a punk rock band who just turned 21, and a former editor of the Washington Post now exploring the intersection of virtual reality and journalism.

Noalle Fellah ’16 is combining her passion for art history and chemistry as she pursues a PhD at New York University.

Electroacoustic Music at Oberlin LP features works by faculty and students past and present.

Three-day program will celebrate Oberlin’s achievements in producing top-rated scientists.

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

A supposed autism epidemic led Steve Silberman ’79 to explore the causes. What he found was its history and a different approach to its future. Oberlin Alumni Magazine editor Jeff Hagan ’86 interviewed Silberman for the summer issue.

Aaron Appel ’16 is pursuing his interest in social justice and doing a little of everything while working for Auntie Na’s House, a grassroots community center in Detroit.

Brian Bowers ’08 and Jasmine Powell ’08 collaborated on a transmedia experience using poetry, dance, music, and visual art to explore diverse understandings and experiences of love in all its forms.

The multilingual alumna is returning to Russia to teach at a university.