College of Arts and Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

The College of Arts and Sciences offers a rich and balanced curriculum in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. We welcome passionate intellectuals who are eager to help make the world a better place.

2008 Oberlin Creativity & Leadership Fellows Receive $25,000 Award

Dec 08, 2008
An innovative idea, a $30,000 fellowship from Oberlin’s Creativity and Leadership Project, and six months of hard work have led three 2008 graduates to garner a recent $25,000 grant that has them poised to launch what may soon become a multi-million dollar company.

Oberlin Senior Named Rhodes Scholar

Nov 25, 2008
Lucas Brown ’09 of Leesburg, VA, a sustainability advocate and economics major at Oberlin College, has been named a 2009 Rhodes Scholar. He will enter the University of Oxford in England in October 2009 to pursue an M.Phil. degree in economics.

Oberlin Alumna Named 2008 MacArthur Fellow

Sep 23, 2008
Dr. Diane Meier ’73 has dedicated her life to helping others. Her work as a geriatrician and advocate for the advancement of palliative care is focused on treating the physical and psychological distress of patients in both early and advanced stages of serious illness. Meier’s commitment to this emerging area of medicine has helped make the benefits of palliative care available to millions of Americans, and her extraordinary achievements have earned her the distinction of being named a 2008 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

National Expert to Teach Course on Subprime Mortgage Crisis

Sep 04, 2008
Oberlin students will have the opportunity to get a rare, behind-the-scenes look at a nationwide debacle when Cuyahoga County Treasurer James Rokakis ’77 begins a four-week mini-course this month, detailing the causes behind the subprime mortgage crisis. One of the country’s leading experts on the issue, Rokakis has been at the forefront of the crisis for years, “fighting for more local and federal regulations to tame unscrupulous mortgage companies and banks that have contributed to the state's foreclosure problem, among the worst in the nation”(Cleveland Plain Dealer).

Abington Grant Empowers Summer Interns

By Betty Gabrielli - Aug 19, 2008
A $32,500 grant from Cleveland’s Abington Foundation is enabling seven Oberlin students and three recent graduates to put their liberal arts skills into practice this summer by serving as full-time interns at a variety of professional sites throughout Cuyahoga and Lorain counties. The grant also supported two internships in summer 2007 and two during winter term 2008.