Campus News

A steel beam signed by trustees, faculty, alumni, and more was lifted into place Friday, March 13, at the top of the Peter B. Lewis Gateway Hotel and Conference Center. Construction of the 100,000

In 2014, Meredith Raimondo was appointed special assistant to the president for diversity, equity, and inclusion and Title IX coordinator. In the first ever President’s Desk Q&A, I sat down with Meredith to discuss Title IX at Oberlin: what it is and who it covers; the college’s new policy; the people involved in reporting, investigations, and hearings; and more.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor, along with several students studying computer science, attended the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing (OCWiC) conference February 20 and 21 in Sandusky, Ohio. At the conference, Christine Antonsen was one of two students awarded $1,000 to attend the upcoming Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the world’s largest gathering of women technologists.

Geno Arthur ’16, Carey Lyons ’15, and Monique Newton ’18 competed in the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships March 13-14. Arthur claimed his second All-America honor of the school

Oberlin Opera Theater performances of La finta giardiniera (“The pretend garden-girl”) K.196, written by an 18-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, resume today, Friday, March 13, and continue through Sunday, March 15, in Hall Auditorium. The opera is directed by Jonathon Field and conducted by Raphael Jiménez.

On Tuesday, March 10, the first ever Oberlin College alumni phonecast took place. We called some 37,000 Oberlin alumni and connected with a total of over 5,000 at the peak. I took 34 questions on a wide range of topics, and participants shared what they thought Oberlin’s highest priorities should be as we create a plan for the future.

A series of events is taking place this weekend, including the symposium Asian Cinemas in a Global Context; the lecture “Why Cinema Has Not Yet Been Invented: or Taking the Digital in Hand,” by University of Chicago Professor Tom Gunning; and the lecture “Globalization from a Local Lens: Creative Conceptions of a Taiwanese Director,” by documentary filmmaker Ho Chao-ti. The symposium is the first to explicitly bring together Indian and Chinese cinemas for discussion.

Four Oberlin students earned awards at the 5th annual Undergraduate Olympiada of Spoken Russian at Kent State University on Saturday, February 28. At the advanced level, William Watkins and Andrew

The Oberlin College Commencement exercises will be held Monday, May 25, in Tappan Square. Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), will deliver the Commencement address.

Five faculty members from the College of Arts & Sciences and the Conservatory of Music received the Excellence in Teaching Award for the 2013-2014 academic year. The recipients were Associate Professor of English Jennifer Bryan; Professor of Pianoforte Sanford Margolis; Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies John Petersen; Professor of Chemistry Robert Thompson; and Professor of Conducting Tim Weiss.