News
LaunchU Awards $46,500 in Startup Funding to Students, Alumni, and Faculty
March 29, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
This year’s winning LaunchU teams were awarded a total of $46,500 in startup funding to expand their entrepreneurial ventures.
![Nancy Darling presents 1step2life Photo of Nancy Darling presenting 1step2life at LaunchU](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/launchu_photo_header.jpg?itok=FjkQCZGb)
Environmental Studies to Marketing: Natalia Garcia ’17
March 5, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
An environmental studies graduate, Natalia Garcia ’17 is working as a marketing associate at SmartSign.
![Natalia Garcia ’17 Natalia Garcia smiling in front of a backdrop of flowers](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/natalia_garcia_headshot.jpg?itok=bSU9-BsF)
Environmental Studies Students Key Players in Cleveland Foundation Grant
December 17, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
With a $120,000 grant from the Cleveland Foundation, Oberlin College faculty and students are implementing Environmental Dashboard technology at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland.
![Practicum in Environmental Communications students at the Great Lakes Science Center John Petersen's students with staff at the Great Lakes Science Center](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/envs_cle_grant_photo_header.jpg?itok=QCjBysmn)
Victor Lau ’17: Kitchen Administrator
November 29, 2018
Phoebe Pan ’20
Victor Lau ’17 is adapting to a new career path by applying his quantitative skills and experience with Oberlin’s dining co-ops to his job.
![Victor Lau ’17 Victor Lau](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/victor_lau_headshot.jpg?itok=vcDravuF)
STRONG Returns for Its Fourth Year
September 20, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
STRONG launched its fourth program this summer, bringing together students from underrepresented demographics in STEM and Oberlin professors through research.
![Photo of Regina Stasser de Gonzalez and Jason Stalnaker Regina Stasser de Gonzalez and Jason Stalnaker](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/strong_photo.jpg?itok=h4-UIkw9)
Making the L.A. River a River (Again)
August 1, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
Professor T.S. McMillin applies his training as a literary scholar to the study of rivers in Los Angeles, California.
![Man with a white goatee and glasses](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/mcmillin_headshot_jennifer_manna.jpg?itok=uj4WyybF)
Kieran Minor ’19 Named 2018 Truman Scholar
April 23, 2018
Tyler Sloan ’17
Kieran Minor ’19 has won the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Awarded to outstanding college juniors who have demonstrated a strong commitment to public service, the $30,000 prize will help fund Minor’s postgraduate studies.
![Kieran Minor Named 2018 Truman Fellow. Kieran Minor '19 wins Truman Scholarship](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/minor_copy.png?itok=2EyBLlcs)
From Catching Bats to Fighting Cancer: How Three Science Students Spent Summer Break
August 3, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
From bat research in Puerto Rico to lab work in Massachusetts, science majors spent the summer immersed in research projects across the globe.
![Juan Contreras sampling bats in Puerto Rico Student with bat](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/juanc-bat.jpg?itok=vx66yp67)
Sophia Weinmann’s Plan to Save the Elephants
August 1, 2017
Amanda Nagy
A 2011 graduate in biology and environmental studies, Weinmann is part of an international effort fostering human-elephant conservation in Kenya.
![Sophia Weinmann '11 Sophia Weinmann standing in front on elephant](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sophia_weinmann_2.jpg?itok=NMJqC5uz)
Around the World with a Watson Fellowship
May 23, 2017
Amanda Nagy
May 2017 graduates Kirk Pearson (on right) will explore invented instruments, while Paulus Van Horne will study the effects of noise in megacities.
![Paulus Van Horne, left, and Kirk Pearson, winners of the 2017 Watson Fellowship](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/paulus-kirk_composite.jpg?itok=tuLmA_Kw)