News
Three Things with Jillian Scudder
January 24, 2024
Communications Staff
Oberlin’s astrophysicist-author shines a light on our dark universe.
![Jillian Scudder gives an astronomy lecture.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jillian_scudder_by_matthew_lester_092519_1605.jpg?itok=Up4c72pX)
Friday Afternoon with Lab Crawl
October 30, 2023
Communications Staff
This year’s Lab Crawl drew what may be the largest crowd in the event’s illustrious history, with some 500 students and dozens of faculty taking part. Missed out on the excitement? It looked something like this.
![A person demonstrating on a whiteboard to students in a laboratory.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/labcrawl2023-058_25.jpg?itok=QyrvXc-8)
How Biostatistical Analysts Are Born
March 1, 2023
Tyler Applegate
Ian Dinsmore studied physics and math. Then an internship shed light on a new path.
![Ian Dinsmore sits at his desk at Geisinger.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ian_dinsmore_headshot.jpeg?itok=izmAYv2b)
Building Encouragement for Careers in Science and Technology
November 11, 2022
Amanda Nagy
Abby Tejera Rocha is committed to making a positive impact on society through her educational outreach in STEM areas. Her accomplishments have been recognized by an international tech firm that recruited her to be a developer.
![Abby Tejera Rocha portrait Abby Tejera Rocha.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2022/a_rocha-mathiasreed.jpg?itok=6jdLNl5U)
No Ordinary Matter: Professor of Physics Jason Stalnaker is Part of Global Effort Testing for Dark Matter
September 7, 2022
Amanda Nagy
Students working with Professor of Physics Jason Stalnaker are contributing to National Science Foundation-funded research on dark-matter candidates.
![Stalnaker Physics Lab Four students stand in front of instruments in a physics lab.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2022/stalnaker_lab_2019-jennifer_manna.jpg?itok=xmbxXQFp)
Charles Boissavy ’22 Named a 2022 Young Botanist Award Winner
June 14, 2022
Amanda Nagy
A graduate in biology and physics, Boissavy is eyeing a career in plant evolution research.
![Charles Boissavy image Charles Boissavy.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2022/charles_boissavy-courtesy_of_cb.jpeg?itok=Sp5H4mBj)
Jakob Faber ’21 Receives Fulbright Research Fellowship at McGill Space Institute in Montréal
June 9, 2021
Amanda Nagy
A double major in physics and philosophy with a concentration in astrophysics, Faber will collaborate with one of the world's leading scientists studying the origins of Fast Radio Bursts.
![Jakob Faber Fulbright Fellowship Jakob Faber looking out a window in the Oberlin Science Center.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jakob_faber-news.jpg?itok=7Yd5DLu0)
Exploring Interstellar Waves
October 12, 2020
Yvonne Gay
Jakob Faber ’21 explored ways to broaden the scope of branched flow with the goal of introducing work that has been done in radio astronomy and radio geophysics into the field.
![Photo credit: Anokha Venugopal A student stands with his hands in his pockets.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/jakob_faber21.jpg?itok=F3x7PNL2)
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)
The Future of Sustainability in Buildings: Grant Sheely ’19
May 11, 2020
Victor Salcido ’21
The 2019 graduate earned degrees in both math and physics and now works as a sustainability coordinator in New York City.
![man wearing suit and tie sits at a desk in office space.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/grant-sheely-19-cd2.png?itok=nqULjx8A)