News
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.
Inventor Jay Whitacre '94 Earns Lemelson-MIT Science Prize
September 15, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Jay Whitacre ’94 has just received the $500K Lemelson-MIT Prize for his invention of a saltwater battery, which has the potential to revolutionize the way sustainable energy is stored.
Microscopic Worm Leads to Big Opportunity
August 11, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Gabriel Moore ’15 Receives Travel Award to Present Peters Lab Research at the 2015 C.elegans International Meeting in Los Angeles.
A Rising Star in African Entrepreneurship
August 5, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Kenyan international student and entrepreneur Sophie Umazi Mvurya ’16 has earned a place in the Stanford Africa MBA Fellowship Program.
Jennifer Jimenez '17 to Participate in Prestigious Amgen Scholars Program
July 21, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
A third-year biology major, Jimenez will intern at the National Institutes of Health.
Monica Hunter-Hart '15 Receives Fulbright Grant to Turkey
June 30, 2015
Lisa Gulasy
Monica Hunter-Hart ’15 will help prepare students at Usak University for required standardized English exams.
Two Receive German Study Award
June 29, 2015
Lisa Gulasy
Alex Baker ’17 and Muci Yu ’18 each received a Max Kade Summer German Study Award to help support their plans to study in Berlin, Germany, this summer.
Jacob Myers '12 Receives Fulbright Grant to Macau
June 15, 2015
Lisa Gulasy
Jacob Myers ’12 has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Macau, China. The alumnus says he hopes to gain an in-depth understanding of "one of the most unique regions in the world."
Cultural Understanding in Asia
June 4, 2015
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin Shansi selects nine fellows to live and learn at partner institutions throughout Asia.
A Voice for Women Migrant Workers
May 23, 2015
Amanda Nagy
First-year Dai Li receives a Davis Projects for Peace grant to empower China’s factory workers through a labor-focused Android app.