News
Rainie Heck Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
May 14, 2020
Amanda Nagy
In addition to receiving a three-year annual stipend, fellows share in the prestige and opportunities that become available when they are selected.
![Rainie Heck '20 Woman standing in front of stone structure.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/rainie_heck.jpeg?itok=LDKWFw8G)
Late Nights and Briefings: Law Student Jakheem Wheatley ’19
May 1, 2020
Jaimie Yue '22
Jakheem Wheatley ’19 is a first-year law student at UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago.
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Brian Tom ’20 Wins AICUO Grand Award For Visual Arts
April 29, 2020
Kyra McConnell ’22
A senior studio art student, Tom received the top prize for his 10-piece sculpture submission that explores the human responses to death.
![Asian man smiling and wearing a black shirt and jean shirt.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/brian_tom_head_shot-edit-ns.jpg?itok=saIog7GY)
Henry Hicks ’21 Receives Prestigious Truman Scholarship
April 24, 2020
Amanda Nagy
Hicks’s experiences on and off campus demonstrate his passion for being a changemaker.
![young black man sitting in a circular "womb" chair.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/henry_hicks_full_size-ns.jpg?itok=e1ewBycd)
Goldwater Scholarship Winner: Alex Wooldredge
April 10, 2020
Amanda Nagy
A third-year biology major, Wooldredge aspires to lead advances in synthetic biology research.
![Alex Wooldredge Goldwater Scholarship Woman smiling.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/alex_wooldredge_goldwater_scholarship_0.jpg?itok=xtzE_XTa)
Goldwater Scholarship Winner: Olivia Goldstein
April 10, 2020
Amanda Nagy
Goldstein is Oberlin’s first Goldwater Scholarship winner for psychology research.
![Third-year Olivia Goldstein Woman smiling while standing outside.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/olivia_goldstein_goldwater.jpg?itok=vxIDQEqA)
Goldwater Scholarship Winner: Yanni Sarrimanolis
April 10, 2020
Amanda Nagy
Second-year biochemistry major Yannai Sarrimanolis studies atmospheric chemistry with Professor Matt Elrod.
![Yanni Sarrimanolis Goldwater Scholarship Man smiling in red T-shirt.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/yanni_s_goldwater_scholarship.jpeg?itok=_XGfKFCy)
Oberlin Faculty Respond to Unprecedented Challenges of COVID-19
April 6, 2020
Amanda Nagy
From chemistry to politics, exploring the ramifications of COVID-19 across disciplines.
![Admitted Students Coronavirus Course Picture of computer screen image.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/covid-19_admitted_students_course_group_1_copy.jpg?itok=IlnV7h6P)
Exploring Gap Year Options Before Medical School: Joy Udoh ’19
March 18, 2020
Jaimie Yue ’22
A neuroscience major, Joy Udoh ’19 is working as a patient care coordinator and gaining experience in different specialties.
![Oberlin graduate Joy Udoh '19 Black woman smiling with white background.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/joyudoh_headshot.jpg?itok=t29r27_q)
Advocating for Undocumented Immigrants: Joanne Lee ’15
March 16, 2020
Jaimie Yue ’22
An English major at Oberlin, Lee discovered her calling to be an immigration attorney at Yale Law School.
![Oberlin graduate Joanne Lee '15 black and white image of Asian woman holding a piece of paper.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/joanne_lee_portrait.jpg?itok=mYubBqlb)