News
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)
Learning and Laboratory
May 5, 2017
Communications Staff
Oberlin punches well above its weight in the sciences, as a recent symposium featuring alumni members of the National Academy of Sciences proves.
![11 alumni who are members of the National Academy of Sciences](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/nasgroup-059.jpg?itok=LjxqKQDx)
College Awards First-Ever Nexial Prize
April 13, 2017
Communications Staff
Senior Adam Chazin-Gray will receive $50,000 to use toward research and graduate studies in climatology, microbiology, and public health.
![Adam Chazin-Gray](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/adam_chazin-gray_lbnl_summer_2016-10_1.jpg?itok=KPLSuKRZ)
Chemistry and Conservation
March 8, 2017
Lilah Drafts-Johnson
Noalle Fellah ’16 is combining her passion for art history and chemistry as she pursues a PhD at New York University.
![smiling woman standing in a science lab](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/noalle_fellah.png?itok=3Glrh5AG)
Come Sail Away
January 26, 2017
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin students jump at the opportunity to study abroad at sea.
![illustration drawn by Gabrielle Ment](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/gabrielle_ment_research_illustration.png?itok=UpXAHqET)
Sprinting to Success
January 6, 2017
Justine Goode
Sarel Loewus '16, former captain of Oberlin women's track and field and cross country teams, is pursuing a PhD in biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh.
![Sarel Loewus '16](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs34360_goldwater2014-033.jpg?itok=BCNgOQ93)
Oberlin's 1 Percent: Alumni Members of the National Academy of Sciences Return to Campus
October 17, 2016
Communications Staff
Three-day program will celebrate Oberlin’s achievements in producing top-rated scientists.
![Entrance to the Oberlin College Science Center](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/science_center_bikes-lester.jpg?itok=0bB3okvi)
“The Synapse” Launches Branch Publications
September 2, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin’s student-run science magazine collaborates with students at neighboring liberal arts schools.
![The editorial staff of The Synapse](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/synapse_staff_0.jpg?itok=9ePj-ynj)
A STRONG Beginning
May 31, 2016
Amanda Nagy
The first cohort in Oberlin’s new program for underrepresented students in STEM fields can’t imagine what college would be like without it.
![students sitting at long tables with computers and laptops in a classroom](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/marcelovincesstrong-thumbnail_0.jpeg?itok=AW5APnzg)
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.
![The Oberlin College Science Center](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/science_center_stock_0.jpg?itok=GknK1Qzk)