News
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)
Memory_Archive Explores Digital Identity
April 20, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
In his senior composition recital, fifth-year Kirk Pearson attempts to explain what would happen if the characteristics of the digital world started to permeate our physical lives.
![Photo of a light projection on a chapel wall](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/kirk-chapel.jpg?itok=pTz_WXjQ)
Monique Newton Selected for American Political Science Association Summer Institute
April 20, 2017
Amanda Nagy
A scholar athlete, Newton plans to pursue a PhD in politics or Africana studies.
![Monique Newton](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/moniquenewton3-thumbnail.jpg?itok=PhmWAKvJ)
Pride of People
April 20, 2017
Amanda Nagy
A mural designed by third-year Aiury Cavallo enlivens Spanish Table in Stevenson Dining Hall.
![Aiury Cavallo](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/aiury_cavallo_2.jpg?itok=F_n48pHM)
Ready for Anything
April 19, 2017
Chloe Vassot
After living in Turkey as a Fulbright scholar and working as a paralegal for the ACLU, Sophia Yapalater '13 is pursuing a medical degree.
![Sophia Yapalater ’13](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sophiayapalater.jpg?itok=pGapJldm)
Shot Through the Heart
April 19, 2017
Amanda Nagy
Their love of track and field brought them to Oberlin—and to NCAA acclaim.
![Six women posing by an athletics track](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/shotputwomen.jpg?itok=YROoTuj2)
Cleveland Orchestra Brings Oberlin's Season to a Stirring Close April 21
April 14, 2017
Erich Burnett
Program to feature works by Delius, Vaughan Williams, and Strauss—plus a first look at the 2017-18 Artist Recital Series.
![Cleveland Orchestra on the Finney stage](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs19208_clo020813_223-lpr_1.jpg?itok=PGmicy70)
College Awards First-Ever Nexial Prize
April 13, 2017
Communications Staff
Senior Adam Chazin-Gray will receive $50,000 to use toward research and graduate studies in climatology, microbiology, and public health.
![Adam Chazin-Gray](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/adam_chazin-gray_lbnl_summer_2016-10_1.jpg?itok=KPLSuKRZ)
The Art of Library Work
April 12, 2017
Zoë DePreta
Anna Feuer ’14 currently works as the senior acquisitions assistant in the Technical Services department at the Art Institute of Chicago, the largest art museum in the country.
![Two people in a library with documents displayed in glass cases](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/anna_feuer_2.jpg?itok=tDbiCL3k)
Cooking for a Community
April 10, 2017
Justine Goode
Chef and community activist Vimala Rajendron trained CDS staff in traditional Indian cuisine over spring break.
![Chef Vimala Rajendron (left) and CDS staff members](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/vimala_2.jpg?itok=lvBvL02e)