News
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.
![Elena Robakiewicz](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/elenarobakiewicz_0.jpg?itok=Qw3MgqxQ)
Professors Break Down Importance of Gravitational Wave Detection
February 15, 2016
Kasey Cheydleur
For the first time, scientists have detected gravitational waves, a phenomenon first theorized by Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. Two Oberlin professors are particularly excited by the discovery, having closely followed the project in connection to their own gravitational wave research.
![A spiral form in outer space](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/gravitational_waves-nasa_photo_1_0.jpg?itok=bDdVd9Wb)
Where'd We Park? Researching Memory and Aging
January 20, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Research in Professor Jan Thornton’s lab studies the role of hormones in Alzheimer’s disease and memory loss in aging.
![Four students and Prof. Thornton work in the lab.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/thornton_lab_crawl_1_0.jpg?itok=G-pJofvt)
Oberlin Senior Named Rhodes Scholar
November 24, 2015
Amanda Nagy
Machmud Makhmudov, a politics major and environmental studies minor, will study in Oxford for the next two years.
![A neatly dressed man is seated on a sofa](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/machmud_1_0.jpg?itok=sj8_vQX2)
Best of Both Worlds
November 11, 2015
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin psychology students benefit from Assistant Professor Meghan Morean’s research ties to Yale.
![Assistant Professor of Psychology Meghan Morean](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/top_hat_bar_mehganmorean_mg_3427_0.jpg?itok=mD1DbAyN)
Learning and Networking
November 11, 2015
Amanda Nagy
Scholar athlete Bradley Hamilton gains career insight and makes connections at the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovations Summit.
![Bradley Hamilton and Daniel Dudley 12' at the Medical Innovation Summit](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bradley_hamilton_2_edit_0.jpg?itok=3BzlQlmD)
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.
![3 people in boots and rain gear stand in a shallow, muddy river.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/team-river_0.jpg?itok=xCyDNjh-)
Closing the Loop on West Nile Virus
October 8, 2015
Amanda Nagy
Following a decade of collaborative research, professors Mary Garvin and Rebecca Whelan are closer to understanding why mosquitoes forage on particular species of birds involved in the West Nile Virus cycle.
![Described in caption.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/garvin_lab-bird_in_box_0.jpg?itok=KUGbYQ_f)
Raptor Watch
September 28, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Steph Szarmach ’15 looks to the San Francisco Bay Area skies to gain field biology experience.
![Steph Szarmach ’15 holding a Northern Harrier](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/dscn3900_1_0.jpg?itok=2TTPIOPB)
What I Did Over Summer Break
September 8, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
From the White House to the baseball stadium to the lab, Oberlin students pursued a range of creative, personal, and professional projects this summer.
![](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs39860_obs2015-1097_1_0.jpg?itok=knTZnWvB)