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This Week in Photos

December 2, 2019

Yvonne Gay

One student sits on the grass and another student sits on a swing.

Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

Campus Snapshots ...

Step outside of the classroom and enjoy a jazz session at the Birenbaum, go sailing on sand in Tunisia, stop by a men’s basketball game, and reminisce about that warm weather day in Oberlin.

 

Student stands on a sailboat in a desert
The Office of Communications recently received this photo from the Office of Study Away. Cait Kelley '21 studied in Tunisia (shown above) and Italy through the School for International Training program. Photo Courtesy of Cait Kelley '21

 

A jazz band plays on stage.
The Oberlin Jazz Society presented an alum-hosted jazz jam session open to all musicians in the college and community in the spirit of 1940s sessions at Minton's Playhouse in Harlem. Alumnus Daniel Spearman ’16, a prolific trumpeter, pianist, composer, and bandleader hosted the session. Photo by Jack Lichtenstein 23

 

An Oberlin basketball player goes for a jump shot.
The men’s basketball team plays Alama College at Oberlin. Photo by Vianca Dagnino

 

A teacher works one on one with a student.
Leslie Kwakye, associate professor of neuroscience and director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, works with one of her students outside the classroom. Photo by Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

 

A student reads a book next to a tree.
It was an unseasonable 60 degrees in Oberlin on November 26, which prompted many students to take advantage of the warm weather day. Photo by Yvonne Gay

 

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