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Theatrical set designs at Oberlin College range from sophisticated levels and platforms to small neighborhoods complete with residential fronts built to scale, and students can learn all the creative steps of the procress.

“The best thing about my quarantine workday (besides hanging out with my toddler) is seeing my students, even though they are far away. The second best thing is seeing them when it's warm enough to be outside in my backyard in Lakewood. Students + sunshine (+ toddler) = happiness,” writes Kathryn Metz , assistant professor of ethnomusicology.

Winter Term is a time of year when Oberlin students are encouraged to conduct independent or group projects outside of courses related to their majors. Pursuits can be done on or off campus with students choosing to work almost anywhere on the map. This year we highlight some of the work by the more than 900 students who completed projects in Oberlin.

In this photo series, we walk with the dinosaurs in Cleveland and visit a congressional intern in Washington, D.C., before coming back home to Oberlin to watch the Wild Beast of the Bungalow take over the stage in Warner Concert Hall; go snowboarding in Hales Gym; and sit in on a gallery talk, book art class, choir practice, an academic retreat, and a dance performance.

This week's series highlights Solarity, student dance groups, a musical union performance, master class with Marilyn Horne, jazz, letterpress, Kwanzaa founder Maulana Karenga, guest pianist XakBjerken, December graduates, Convocation with Tom Rosenstiel ’78, and a production in Wurtzel Theater.

Graduating theater students present an array of original works during Oberlin’s annual New Works Festival.

Oberlin’s campus is rich with events, student life, and learning opportunities as presented in This Week in Photos.

Adapted from the Leo Tolstoy novella of the same name, Family Happiness tells the story of young Mashechka who yearns for older Sergey, a longtime family friend twice her age, and the...