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Kate Frost ’15 Tackles Medical Goals
July 17, 2017
Tyler Sloan
Kate Frost ’15 majored in biology and neuroscience and minored in chemistry. The Oberlin alum knew early on that she was on a science track. Today she’s completing her first year of medical school at Vanderbilt University.
24 Hours of Winter Term
February 13, 2017
Communications Staff
Follow along a day in the life of students, faculty, and staff during winter term.
Safari Doctors Founder Umra Omar '06 Featured as CNN Hero
September 14, 2016
Communications Staff
Umra Omar ’06 provides free medical care to remote, insecure areas on the eastern coast of Kenya with her group Safari Doctors.
“The Synapse” Launches Branch Publications
September 2, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin’s student-run science magazine collaborates with students at neighboring liberal arts schools.
Two awarded summer research opportunity with Howard Hughes Medical Institute
May 25, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Bradley Hamilton and Jennifer Jimenez will spend 10 weeks working on cutting-edge projects with HHMI scientists.
Louise Edwards '16 Receives Shansi Fellowship
May 16, 2016
Kasey Cheydleur
Louise Edwards ’16 says her Shansi fellowship at Shanxi Agricultural University in Taigu, China, is an opportunity to learn more about her biracial identity by engaging in cross-cultural learning.
Seniors Vera Rudi and Anders Villalta Selected as Watson Fellows
May 6, 2016
Amanda Nagy
The prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Provides $30,000 for a year of purposeful study outside of the United States.
Volunteering in Vietnam
February 12, 2016
Kasey Cheydleur
Third-year Gabriel Hitchcock, a neuroscience major and art history minor, spent his winter term in Hanoi, Vietnam, volunteering at a traditional medicine hospital.
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.
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.