News
In the Path of Disaster
August 28, 2023
Tyler Applegate
Monica Dix travels to a hub of natural calamity to probe its risks and resilience.
![Monica Dix.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/monicadix_1.jpg?itok=CXvqDjjz)
Winter Term: The Auto Drink Dispenser
September 8, 2020
Yvonne Gay
Creating an auto drink dispenser is something Thomas Heffer ’21 had toyed with for quite some time. However, his busy schedule wouldn’t allow him to actively pursue it.
![Photo credit: Yvonne Gay A portrait of a student wearing a mask.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/thomasheffer.yvonnegay.jpg?itok=8hkm2Bm1)
Monica Dix Receives 2020 Nexial Prize
June 9, 2020
Hillary Hempstead
The 2020 graduate will use the Nexial Prize to explore the relationship between policy and waterways.
![Monica Dix](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/monica-dix-nexial_0.jpg?itok=CG3FmDfd)
Amelia Lewis Awarded Fulbright-MITACS Globalink
May 5, 2020
Hillary Hempstead
Lewis is a third-year geology and environmental studies major.
![young woman in green shirt and jeans sits on a rock with daffodils.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/amelia-lewis.jpg?itok=Fb0KiU9C)
Educator in Death Valley National Park: Marcus Hill ’19
February 21, 2020
Jaimie Yue '22
Geology graduate Marcus Hill is working alongside seasoned park rangers to run education programs for elementary school students. As one of the few geologists on staff, he’s discovering that visitors are excited to learn about rocks from someone who spent the last four years working with rocks.
![Oberlin College graduate Marcus Hill '19 Two people post with bird mascot.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/oberlin_college_graduate_marcus_hill_19.jpg?itok=DljTHYUo)
PERSIST: Intro to Research Project Helps Students Envision Themselves as Scientists
January 24, 2020
Amanda Nagy
New Winter Term offering gives underrepresented students meaningful insights into what it’s like to conduct research in a STEM lab.
![PERSIST Intro the Research lab Student and professor work in chemistry lab.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/persist1-dalepreston.jpg?itok=pBC9-C8Y)
A Conversation with Rachel Eveleth, Assistant Professor of Geology
June 19, 2019
Communications Staff
With a background in oceanography, Eveleth brings a broad earth system perspective to the geology department.
![Rachel Eveleth portrait woman in light blue sweater and while top seated for photo.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/racheleveleth_portrait-tanya.jpg?itok=AH1g5gMc)
Amanda Schmidt Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award
May 26, 2019
Hillary Hempstead
Schmidt will conduct research in China during her sabbatical in the 2019-20 academic year.
![Amanda Schmidt woman seated wearing glasses and wearing purple striped blouse.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/amanda-schmidt-fulbright.jpg?itok=VWcwGa_g)
Monica Dix ’20 Awarded Truman Scholarship
May 22, 2019
Hillary Hempstead
The geology and politics double major plans to use the $30,000 award to attend graduate school and build her expertise as a scientist.
![Monica Dix Monica Dix](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/monicadix.jpg?itok=RcmOzgbQ)
Amelia Lewis ’21 Earns Science Research Fellowship in Germany
May 9, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
A geology and environmental studies double major, Amelia Lewis ’21 will be conducting geomorphology research at the University of Tübingen in Germany this summer.
![Amelia Lewis ’21 Amelia Lewis smiling, seated at a desk in the geology lab](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/amelia_lewis_headshot.jpg?itok=yaz_fdLm)