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Dan Chaon, Delaney Professor of Creative Writing, has finalized a deal with with Buster Productions as writer, executive producer, and creator of a limited television series based on his 2017 novel Ill Will .

Oberlin Director of Libraries Alexia Hudson-Ward likes to humblebrag about her namesake and endowed title, Azariah Smith Root, because anyone in the world of librarianship knows about his legendary career.

Ralph Harold Turner, 100, of Oberlin, passed away April 16, 2017, at Kendal at Oberlin Health Center after a long illness.

It is hard to believe this will be my final "President’s Desk" column. But in August, I will become president of Pace University in New York. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as your president.

While many students are currently taking a well-deserved break from most things Oberlin-related, members of the Student Union Programming Committee (SUPC) are getting no such reprieve. As the primary bookers of musical acts for the ’Sco, summer is a crucial time for contacting agents and booking artists for the upcoming year.

Yeworkwha Belachew, retired ombudsperson and founder of the Oberlin College Dialogue Center, passed away Wednesday evening following a lengthy illness. She was 65.

Young musicians representing eight countries will vie for cash prizes totaling $40,000.

Holly Hoang, a history major from Ellicott City, Maryland, has received a yearlong Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in South Korea. Hoang will be living and working in the country beginning in July 2017.

Miriam Plane, a sociology major and Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies Program (GSFS) minor, has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Germany.

The Oberlin Summer Theater Festival (OSTF) opens its ninth season June 16 with a production of The Miracle Worker .