News
Associate Professor of Geology Amanda Schmidt and Monica Dix ’20 Conduct Research in Cuba
Erin Ulrich ’18
Associate Professor of Geology Amanda Schmidt and third-year Monica Dix traveled to Cuba this past summer to research water quality in the country.
Emergency Medicine Firsthand: Hugh Newcomb ’18
Jane Hobson ’22
Hugh Newcomb ’18 works as a medical scribe at an Inova Health System hospital in Fairfax, Virginia.
Creating Space, In Oberlin
Erin Ulrich ’18
Alumni panelists who participated in Creating Space: Curating Black Art Now, a symposium hosted by the Allen Memorial Art Museum, reflect on the museum and their experiences as students.
An Obie Teaching English: Sam Bernhard ’16
Jane Hobson ’22
Sam Bernhard’s passion for literature and social justice has landed him a job as a high school English teacher at Charles E. Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina.
Students to Curatorial Assistants: Ava Prince ’18 and Emma Laube ’17
Erin Ulrich ’18
In their first post-grad jobs, Emma Laube ’17 and Ava Prince ’18 are working as curatorial assistants in the Allen Memorial Art Museum.
Number of Truman Scholarship Recipients Highlights Commitment to Service
Hillary Hempstead
Among liberal arts institutions, Oberlin ranks third in the number of Truman Scholarship recipients.
Amidst Fiction, Worlds Collide
Erin Ulrich ’18
The Creative Writing Program, along with Alumni in Service to Oberlin College, brought together Thisbe Nissen ’94 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Abbey Mei Otis ’11 to present their latest fiction writing to current students.
Studio Art: Pathways From Classroom to Career
Erin Ulrich ’18
Pathways: Studio Art is demystifying stereotypes of studio art graduates by bringing in alums from diverse career fields to present their work to current students.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer George Walker ’41 dies at 96
Erich Burnett
Groundbreaking career in performance, composition, and teaching included many firsts among black musicians.
Singer Turned Lab Manager
Erin Ulrich ’18
Elayne Zhou ’18, a psychology major and Hispanic studies minor at Oberlin, wants to make the world a better place by encouraging people to take seriously the importance of mental health.