News Collection
Winter Term
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Growing Organics Down Under
Kendra Lockard spent her winter term in New Zealand volunteering with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms on a blueberry and blackberry farm.
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Oberlin Opera Theater Co-Presents Harriet Tubman Jan. 29-Feb. 7
Composed by Nkeiru Okoye ’92, production includes four performances in northeast Ohio churches and a Feb. 6 date at Finney Chapel.
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Winter Has Arrived
So long 60-degree days! Winter has finally arrived in Oberlin. Those of us in town can expect more snow showers throughout the week. Snow Emergency Parking Plan information can be found in this PDF.
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Share Your Winter-Term Photos for a Chance to Win a Slow Train Gift Card
The Office of Communications is offering current Oberlin College and Conservatory students who will be completing winter-term projects the opportunity to win one of three $15 Slow Train gift cards by participating in its Instagram winter term photo contest.
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Healing a Painful Past
From 2006 to 2012, Oberlin students participated in an international effort to replicate an 18th-century Polish synagogue. A documentary about the project is screening around the world.
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Imagining Havana
Hispanic studies course and winter-term trip to Havana provide an unfiltered account of life in Cuba.
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Student Composers Get a Formalist Education
New creations, written over winter term, spring to life through a string quartet collaboration on campus.
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Diversify Your Collection
Second-year Kate Diamond spent winter term compiling titles of science fiction and fantasy books with diverse characters into an online database, All Our Worlds. The staff of the Oberlin College Library agreed to add 100 such titles to its collection.
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Asia in America Behind the Lens
A group of six students traveled to New York City over winter term to interview and photograph Asian Americans and Asians living in the United States. Their project culminates in a photography exhibition.
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Finding Asia in America Exhibition
First-year students Linh K. Tran (Clover), Jenny Xin Luan, and Naomi Langer explore their surroundings in New York City. The students were among a group of six who ventured throughout New York City...
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Liberal Arts Means Business
For students selected for Oberlin’s Business Scholars program, a liberal arts background gives them a distinct edge in the world of finance and investment banking.
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Getting to Know Oberlin Through Community Service
The Bonner Center for Service and Learning sponsors several winter-term service projects in and around Oberlin.