News Collection
After Oberlin
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‘Rainbow’ Connections
Amara Granderson’s visions of Broadway came into focus on the stages of Oberlin.
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Virtual Business, Actual Visit
The Obies behind Virtu.Academy share their story in a March 30 career talk.
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Getting Organized
Former Truman Scholar Henry Hicks' 21 is a D.C.-based writer and organizer working as a special projects manager for Nonprofit Quarterly.
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From Art History Major to Marketing Manager
A series of marketing internships and a willingness to be open to new ideas paid off for Jessica Moskowitz, who handles media planning and buying of social media ads for Microsoft.
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How Biostatistical Analysts Are Born
Ian Dinsmore studied physics and math. Then an internship shed light on a new path.
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He’s Feeling Lucky
Software engineer Matt Blankinship ensures digital privacy for Google’s 1 billion users.
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Finding a Calling in Oberlin's Writing Associates Program
After graduating from Oberlin in 2022, Ryo Adachi began a full-time position in Oberlin’s Writing Associates Program.
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Oberlin a Top Producer of Fulbright Students for 2022-23
Honor marks 14th consecutive year of recognition by the prestigious exchange program.
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Jane Sedlak ’19 Studies the Chemistry of Wildfire Smoke
Jane Sedlak graduated from Oberlin College in 2019 with a degree in chemistry and was named the winner of Oberlin’s Nexial Prize. Given to a student who demonstrates academic excellence and an interest in cultural study, the Nexial Prize comes with a $50,000 award, which afforded Sedlak the opportunity following graduation to study art conservation at the Louvre in Paris.
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The Pursuit of Research and Understanding How the Brain Works
David Shostak ’20, a native of San Francisco, played four years on the varsity soccer team and graduated with a major in biology, a concentration in cognitive science, and a minor in environmental science. For the past two years, he has worked at a neurobiology lab at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Read more in this After Oberlin Q&A.
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Director Ry Russo-Young ’03 on Filmmaking, Storytelling, and Nuclear Family
On September 26, director Ry Russo-Young ’03 released her three-part documentary film Nuclear Family on HBO Max, which follows her landmark custody case that unfolded in the late 1980s. The film is an intimate look into Russo-Young’s childhood growing up as the younger daughter of two lesbian mothers and a paternity suit that threatened to upend their "nuclear family."
