News
Sept. 10 Faculty Concert to Include André Previn Premiere
September 6, 2017
By Erich Burnett
The first Faculty Chamber Series performance of the 2017-18 season includes the world premiere of a piece by pianist and composer André Previn called "Montfort." The concert will be streamed live.
President Ambar Responds to DACA Announcement
September 5, 2017
Communications Staff
President Ambar sent a message to the campus community in response to the announced phase-out of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
PACE Program Reenvisions Music Education for the 21st Century
September 1, 2017
By Jody Kerchner
Oberlin Conservatory’s new Pedagogy, Advocacy, and Community Engagement or PACE division prepares students for vibrant, diverse, and meaningful careers in the continually shifting musical landscape of the 21st century.
Q&A with Nicollette Mitchell ’13 HHMI Inclusive Excellence STEM Fellow
August 30, 2017
Communications Staff
Geology and Africana studies graduate Nicollette Mitchell will return to Oberlin as the first HHMI Inclusive Excellence STEM fellow.
Punch Brothers to Play Finney Chapel September 28
August 29, 2017
By Erich Burnett
Punch Brothers, the virtuosic bluegrass ensemble fronted by mandolin player Chris Thile and including Oberlin alum Chris Eldridge ’04 on guitar, will open the 2017-18 Artist Recital Series on September 28.
Reunifying Oberlin’s Natural History Collection
August 29, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
Associate Professor of Anthropology Amy Margaris ’96 along with other faculty and staff members on campus are working to digitize the college’s many “dangling collections”—objects and specimens spread across various campus buildings that at one time had a home in the college’s natural history museum.
Marina Shay ’12 Returns to Cleveland for ‘Shakespeare in Love’
August 24, 2017
Amanda Nagy
A theater graduate, Marina Shay has landed the lead role in the upcoming Cleveland Play House production.
Cello Professor Darrett Adkins Releases Myth & Tradition
August 18, 2017
By Erich Burnett
On his new release for Oberlin Music, Myth & Tradition , Oberlin Associate Professor of Cello Darrett Adkins ’91 teams up with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble for the world-premiere recording of a commissioned work, Su Lian Tan’s “Legends of Kintamani.”
Community Partnership Focuses on Accessibility in Science
August 7, 2017
Tyler Sloan
Oberlin Associate Professor of Biology Taylor Allen and Peter Ogbuji, executive director of the Harrison Cultural Community Center, cosponsored a camp to make science more creative and accessible to children in Lorain County.
From Catching Bats to Fighting Cancer: How Three Science Students Spent Summer Break
August 3, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
From bat research in Puerto Rico to lab work in Massachusetts, science majors spent the summer immersed in research projects across the globe.
