News
Bask in the Glow
April 29, 2024
Communications Staff
The annual Illumination celebration unites campus and community on Oberlin’s bucolic Tappan Square.
Chemistry Professor Shuming Chen Receives $550,000 NSF Award
April 25, 2024
Communications Staff
Provided over five years, support fuels ongoing faculty-student research as well as education-access initiatives.
José Ramón Méndez Appointed to Piano Faculty at Oberlin
April 18, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Oberlin Conservatory is delighted to announce that pianist José Ramón Méndez will join the faculty as Associate Professor of Piano in the fall 2024 semester.
Marcia Colish, Frederick B. Artz Emerita Professor of History, Dies at 86
April 18, 2024
Communications Staff
Renowned scholar and teacher also made lasting contributions to campus culture over a career spanning 38 years.
Oberlin No. 1 in Producing Peace Corps Volunteers
April 18, 2024
Communications Staff
More than 500 alumni have served since the agency’s founding in 1961.
JeffriAnne Wilder Named Inaugural Executive Director of Center for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
April 16, 2024
Office of Communications
Newly created center deepens Oberlin’s nearly two-century commitment to creating access and opportunity; Wilder has played a leading role in establishing diversity programs across the educational spectrum.
Tom Sherman, Emeritus Professor of Biology, Dies at 89
April 15, 2024
Communications Staff
Oberlin graduate and longtime faculty member remembered for penning the ode to Oberlin A Place on the Glacial Till.
Oberlin’s Tanisha Shende Named National Student Employee of the Year
April 12, 2024
Communications Staff
Computer science and math double major is also a devoted advocate for other STEM students through her work with the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Cellist Drew Dansby to Perform Jazz-Influenced Cello Concerto
April 11, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Each October seniors in the Conservatory are eligible to compete in the annual Concerto Competition. An external jury selects four young artists to perform complete concertos with Oberlin's...
Keeping Creation Collaborative with Silkroad
April 10, 2024
Stephanie Manning '23
Percussionist Haruka Fujii and friends elevate women composers and their cultural influences on the Silkroad Ensemble’s “Uplifted Voices” program, coming to Oberlin’s Artist Recital Series.
