This Week in Photos: The Study Bowl
March 31, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A small group of students in Wilder Bowl reading and enjoying the warm March weather serves as inspiration in this week’s photo series.
This Week in Photos: A Classy View
March 19, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Professor Todd Ganson’s problems of philosophy class in the Peters Hall Language Lab serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
This Week in Photos: Spring Semester Campus Life
March 12, 2021
Yvonne Gay
The exterior wall of the Allen Memorial Art Museum is punctuated by a student holding a newly acquired piece of art from the recent Art Rental program. This image leads off this week’s photo series.
This Week in Photos: Quarantine Couture
March 3, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Business jackets paired with Bermuda shorts, stylish sleepwear, pillow accessories, paper dresses, and contemporary designs were just some of the creative pieces worn at this year’s Black History Month Fashion Show.
This Week in Photos: Spring Semester Begins
February 12, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Outdoor activities, live-streamed concerts, and socially distanced classes are underway for the spring semester.
This Week in Photos: In Celebration of Returning Black Alumni
February 4, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Author Ishmael Beah ’04 returned to Oberlin College in 2010 to discuss the publication of his New York Times best-selling book, A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. Four years later Beah’s visit to Finney Chapel took place after the publication of Radiance of Tomorrow, A Novel, which would go on to become another best-seller. Beah’s visits to campus serve as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
This Week in Photos: Spring Semester Move-in Days
January 27, 2021
Yvonne Gay
This week, seniors, juniors, and first-year students are welcomed back to campus for spring semester.
This Week in Photos: The Many Looks of Charles Martin Hall
January 21, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A tall aluminum statue on the second floor of the Science Center receives a lot of attention—it is traditionally dressed and decorated by students, staff, and faculty for holidays and special occasions. Valentine’s Day was the inspiration for a debonair top hat, tie, and flowers.
This Week in Photos: Nightscapes
January 14, 2021
Yvonne Gay
The moon rests on a backdrop of perfect blue over the courtyard outside of Asia House. This picture served as inspiration for this week’s nightscapes photo series.
This Week in Photos: Inside, Looking Out
January 8, 2021
Yvonne Gay
This snowy rearview look at Wilder Bowl and Mudd Center is through a second-story window in Peters Hall. Images in the This Week in Photos series give visitors a look through tall, arched, paned, and stained glass windows and into picturesque views of Oberlin's campus throughout the year.
