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Oberlin Gospel Choir Honors Spiritual Forebears with May 14 Performance
May 6, 2022
Erich Burnett
Ensemble follows tradition set forth by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Oberlin Black Ensemble.
![black and white image of choir members singing together.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/o_black_ensemble_c1976_for_web.png?itok=CxvQMuFR)
Riley Davis '22 Receives Fulbright to Argentina
May 5, 2022
Amanda Nagy
A double major in Hispanic studies and Latin American studies, Davis has demonstrated a passion for language and language-learning.
![Riley Davis portrait Riley Davis.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/rileydavisnews-trj.jpg?itok=-hhaCaOs)
Shira Presberg '24 Receives NOAA Hollings Scholarship
May 4, 2022
Amanda Nagy
The Hollings Scholarship awards undergraduates with financial support and research experiences in NOAA-related science.
![Matt Elrod and Shira Presberg photo Professor Matt Elrod and student Shira Presberg in a lab.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/elrod_and_shira_presbergnews-jonathanclark25.jpg?itok=yV7yoV5s)
Nobel Prize Winner Joshua D. Angrist ’82 to Deliver Commencement Address
May 3, 2022
Office of Communications
Nobel Prize winner and Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joshua D. Angrist ’82 will deliver the keynote address for the Commencement ceremony honoring the Class of 2022.
![Head shot of Joshua Angrist](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/josh_angrist.1.png?itok=nmY0-nhq)
Cassandra Gutterman-Johns Awarded Fulbright ETA to Czech Republic
May 2, 2022
Amanda Nagy
A theater and creative writing major, Gutterman-Johns hopes to learn more about teaching and pedagogy with the Fulbright program in the Czech Republic.
![Cassandra Gutterman-Johns portrait Cassandra Gutterman-Johns.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/cassandraguttermanjohnsnews-trj.jpg?itok=OV1Io3dn)
Watson Fellowship Winner to Explore Grief and Loss Across Cultures
May 2, 2022
Yvonne Gay
Molly Gleydura’s desire to understand the grieving process and gain strategies that will assist families with the loss of a child will take her to New Zealand, Senegal, El Salvador, and Ireland this summer on a Watson Fellowship.
![A portrait of a female college student sitting next to flowers on a brick wall.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2022/mollygleduraportrait.tanyarosenjonees97.jpeg?itok=d2ea66Jq)
Osama Abdelrahman ’23 Receives Davis Projects for Peace Award
April 28, 2022
Amanda Nagy
Osama Abdelrahman is expanding an organization he founded to connect Egypt's high school students with purposeful extracurricular activities.
![Osama Abdelrahman portrait Osama Abdelrahman.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/osamaabdelrahman.courtesy_of_osama_abdelrahman.jpeg?itok=EJhlw4GO)
Iesha-LaShay Phillips ’22 Awarded Full Scholarship to Yale Law School
April 25, 2022
Yvonne Gay
After earning full scholarships to nearly every law school she applied to, Iesha-LaShay Phillips ’22 has decided to pursue a fully funded law degree at Yale Law School in the fall.
![A portrait of a young student.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2022/iesha_phillips_jonathanclark-25.jpg?itok=EDpaqf15)
Like Being a Kid Again (and Again)
April 25, 2022
Erich Burnett
Guggenheim Fellow Phyllis Chen ’99 finds creative joy in childhood instruments.
![Phyllis Chen.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/phyllis-chen2.jpg?itok=GhwAUgPz)
3 Oberlin Conservatory Alumni Win 2022 Guggenheim Fellowships
April 22, 2022
Erich Burnett
Annual awards support research or creative endeavors across a range of disciplines.
![Phyllis Chen, Peter Evans, and César Alvarez.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/2022_guggenheim_fellows_chen_evans_alvarez.png?itok=oFYTlGMD)