News
Hannah Scholl ’21 Awarded Delta Phi Alpha Scholarship
April 26, 2020
Carson Li ’20
A trip to Germany as an exchange student sparked an interest in the country’s language and culture.
![Hannah Scholl in front of snow covered pine trees.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/hannah-scholl.jpg?itok=FwgTn2OP)
Henry Hicks ’21 Receives Prestigious Truman Scholarship
April 24, 2020
Amanda Nagy
Hicks’s experiences on and off campus demonstrate his passion for being a changemaker.
![young black man sitting in a circular "womb" chair.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/henry_hicks_full_size-ns.jpg?itok=e1ewBycd)
Goldwater Scholarship Winner: Alex Wooldredge
April 10, 2020
Amanda Nagy
A third-year biology major, Wooldredge aspires to lead advances in synthetic biology research.
![Alex Wooldredge Goldwater Scholarship Woman smiling.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/alex_wooldredge_goldwater_scholarship_0.jpg?itok=xtzE_XTa)
Goldwater Scholarship Winner: Olivia Goldstein
April 10, 2020
Amanda Nagy
Goldstein is Oberlin’s first Goldwater Scholarship winner for psychology research.
![Third-year Olivia Goldstein Woman smiling while standing outside.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/olivia_goldstein_goldwater.jpg?itok=vxIDQEqA)
Goldwater Scholarship Winner: Yanni Sarrimanolis
April 10, 2020
Amanda Nagy
Second-year biochemistry major Yannai Sarrimanolis studies atmospheric chemistry with Professor Matt Elrod.
![Yanni Sarrimanolis Goldwater Scholarship Man smiling in red T-shirt.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/yanni_s_goldwater_scholarship.jpeg?itok=_XGfKFCy)
2019-20 Concerto Competition Winners to Return for Fall Performances
April 9, 2020
Erich Burnett
Scheduled spring appearances canceled amid Oberlin’s transition to remote learning.
![four winners of the 2019-20 Senior Concerto Competition.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/2019-20_concerto_winners.jpg?itok=Ighv0Pvo)
Bridget Conway Honored as Newman Civic Fellow
March 17, 2020
Amanda Nagy
Students selected for the fellowship are leaders on their campuses who demonstrate a commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities.
![Bridget Conway Newman Civic Fellowship Blond woman standing in tweed jacket standing on street sidewalk.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/bridget_conway_fellowship_2-jack_lichtenstein_23.jpg?itok=I4tylBb1)
Three Oberlin faculty members receive Ohio Arts Council Excellence Awards
February 28, 2020
Kyra McConnell ’22
Three Oberlin faculty members have been awarded individual grants from the Ohio Arts Council to continue their creative projects.
![Arts Council logo Ohio Arts Council logo.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oac_full-color-rgb-logo-resized.png?itok=HHKOuA48)
Oberlin College Recognized as Top Fulbright Producer
February 13, 2020
Amanda Nagy
For more than a decade, Oberlin has been a leading institution for the number of U.S. Fulbright recipients.
![Oberlin Memorial Arch A stone memorial in the center of campus.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/memorial_arch_in_spring.jpg?itok=umLNt4Kw)
Peter Takács Beethoven Prize to Debut in 2020
January 28, 2020
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Annual award for standout piano students honors the Oberlin professor, a specialist in the works of Beethoven.
![piano professor Peter Takacs seated at a piano.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs39446_petertakacs2014-088-lpr.jpg?itok=D3ndWsud)