Campus News

The sixth annual Senior Symposium begins at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2015, in Craig Lecture Hall. In the days leading up to the event, the Source is sharing a handful of project abstracts written by presenting seniors. This is part 2 of 3.

Oberlin’s Board of Trustees has approved recommendations to reappoint with continuous tenure 12 assistant professors and promote them to the rank of associate professor. The newly tenured associate professors are: Laura Baudot, Jack Calcut, Julia Christensen, Janet Fiskio, Amy Margaris, Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, Greggor Mattson, Emer O'Dwyer, Tracie Paine, Viplav Saini, Claire T. Solomon, and Natasha Tessone.

The sixth annual Senior Symposium begins at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2015, in Craig Lecture Hall. In the days leading up to the event, the Source is sharing a handful of project abstracts written by presenting seniors. This is part 1 of 3.

Afia Ofori-Mensa, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, shares details about STRONG, a new program she and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Tim Elgren are introducing this summer to increase the likelihood that underrepresented and/or first-generation college students will succeed at Oberlin.

Seniors Justine Neuberger and Sarah Lejeune stand with Johnny Coleman, professor of studio art and Africana studies, after accepting Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio Excell

The Allen Memorial Art Museum and the Creative Writing Program are asking students, faculty, staff, and members of the greater Oberlin community to submit poems written in response to, describing, or inspired by works of visual art currently on view in the museum. Submissions are due to Jason Trimmer by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 17.

Dean Baquet, executive editor of the New York Times, answers a student’s question following his convocation speech on Tuesday, March 31, in Finney Chapel. A former reporter for the Times-Picayune in

On Tuesday, April 21, the Center for Information Technology (CIT) will introduce OCPass, a new system that students, faculty, and staff will use to change their ObieID passwords. OCPass will replace the ObieID Self Service Page.

Sophomore Katharine Geber performs at Falling Up: An Aerialist Showcase on Sunday, April 5, in Hales Gymnasium. Presented by Oberlin College Aerialists, all acts from the program were based on poems

I’m writing to update our community on two important topics: improvements in Oberlin’s student support and mental health services and the ban on smoking tobacco on campus.