News
Lab Crawl: It’s Not Just for Scientists
October 24, 2023
Communications Staff
Oct. 27 open house highlights research across the sciences—and just about everywhere else.
![Student participants in Lab Crawl smiling with professor Gunnar Kwakye.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/lab_crawl_2022_19.jpg?itok=yOOwZNhb)
A Lesson in Computational Modeling
October 29, 2020
Yvonne Gay
“Computational modeling is the future of neuroscience!” raves Rochelle van der Merwe ’21. So when she had the chance to participate in a Carney Center for Computational Brain Science computational modeling workshop at Brown University, she took full advantage of the opportunity.
![A girl wearing a surgical mask stands with arms folded in a hallway.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/1rochelle_van_der_merwe.anokhavenugopal.jpg?itok=g2jfsyY3)
Departments Across Campus Donate Personal Protective Equipment to Local Health Care Workers
March 26, 2020
Amanda Nagy
Student Health Services and science lab staff dip into their inventory of masks, gloves, and other supplies.
![Science Center donation People receive cart of donations outside emergency room.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/oberlin_science_lab_donation.jpg?itok=NQLYppUv)
Independent Scientific Research Opportunities Abound During Winter Term
January 20, 2020
Hillary Hempstead
In Professor William Parsons’ Chemical Biology and Organic Chemistry Research Winter Term project, students delve deep into independent scientific research.
![students delve deep into independent scientific research in the lab.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/chm-bio-winter-term-ns.jpg?itok=Zjen-Uyp)
A Conversation with Alison Ricker, Science Librarian
April 11, 2019
Communications Staff
Alison Ricker works behind the scenes to support students and faculty in the sciences. This weekend she will lead a volunteer effort to evaluate science-related Wikipedia articles in observance of Citizen Science Day.
![Alison Ricker portrait Picture of woman holding a stack of books in library](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/alisonrickerlibrary-tanyarosenjones.jpg?itok=0USwb2C3)
Reborn Herbarium is a Boon to Biodiversity
July 19, 2018
Amanda Nagy
Professor Michael Moore hopes his collection of preserved plants will get more students interested in studying and connecting with nature.
![Professor Michael Moore herbarium Professor Michael Moore holding plant specimens](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/moore_herbarium_overview.jpg?itok=DQ8TcoCU)
Greenhouse Provides Space for Botanical Investigations
January 18, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
Located on the roof of the Science Center, a 2,581-square-foot greenhouse provides space for investigations by students and faculty.
![Oberlin's greehouse located in the Science Center Interior of Oberlin's greehouse located in the Science Center](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/greenhouse.jpg?itok=UaU4Ggkx)
Q&A with Nicollette Mitchell ’13 HHMI Inclusive Excellence STEM Fellow
August 30, 2017
Communications Staff
Geology and Africana studies graduate Nicollette Mitchell will return to Oberlin as the first HHMI Inclusive Excellence STEM fellow.
![Nicollette Mitchell Nicollette Mitchell](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/nicollettemitchell.jpg?itok=58m92Mg_)
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)