Campus News

Founder of Sirius Radio and United Therapeutics and avid researcher in the synthesis of technology and the human body Martine Rothblatt will visit campus as a Convocation speaker on Thursday, November 5.

I am deeply saddened by the news that Nancy Dye, Oberlin’s 13th president, has passed away. Nancy had a profound, positive effect on Oberlin College and Conservatory, building our international engagement and profile, stabilizing and strengthening our finances, and expanding our curriculum.

The Board of Trustees’ first meeting for the 2015-2016 academic year took place on campus October 8 and 9, during which the board welcomed new trustees, approved charters, discussed fundraising efforts, reviewed the progress of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee, met with students, and more.

The third-annual Track or Treat event will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 30, at the John W. Heisman Club Field House. Members of the Oberlin College community and their children are

Nancy Schrom Dye, the 13th president of Oberlin College and a historian of modern America, died October 28, 2015, at her home in Lakewood, Ohio, after a lengthy illness. She was 68 years old.

On Thursday, October 29, nine actors and four musicians will perform a concert reading of The Landing, a new musical composed by musical theater legend John Kander ’51 and written by lyricist and book writer Greg Pierce ’00. Kander and Pierce will be in attendance.

Pianist Ran Jia, a student of maestro William Nabore at the International Piano Academy Lake Como, performs in Finney Chapel on September 27 in the first concert of the 2015-16 Artist Recital series

Students can learn more about the college’s research facilities, discover available research opportunities, and find faculty mentors at Lab Crawl, happening from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 30.

Campus is uncommonly quiet this week, as a majority of students are off campus enjoying fall recess. Students, faculty, and staff who remain on campus are enjoying the changing scenery and warm autumn

Director Steven Spielberg’s latest film Bridge of Spies, in theaters this past weekend, tells the story of American insurance lawyer James Donovan (played by Tom Hanks), who first defended accused