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Composer-pianist’s artistry reveals wide-ranging influences, from jazz and gospel to experimental sounds. 

On September 21, the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) awarded Dr. Menna Demessie ’02 with the organization’s prestigious Social Impact Award. The honor was one of two major awards the Cleveland-born scholar activist received this week.

For generations of students, the big game at Oberlin meant big campus spirit too.

Jesse Kohler’s Oberlin studies led him to become a distinguished voice for trauma-informed advocacy.

Homecoming 2023 at Oberlin will feature the weekend’s favorite traditions—plus a host of new experiences that highlight our bustling campus in autumn: tours, talks, music, celebrations of all kinds

Monica Dix travels to a hub of natural calamity to probe its risks and resilience.

Popular tradition to be a centerpiece of expanded Homecoming festivities.

“I’m embarrassed to admit it, but it was a huge relief,” he recalls. “I hated riding that thing.”

In his fourth year, Bisker inherited a broken-down family bike that had been sitting in a garage in

Tony Award-winning lighting designer Natasha Katz ’81 first found her spark at Oberlin.

Singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer honored for the historical opera Omar.