News

The annual Eat Local Challenge celebrates the college’s commitment to local food and local farmers by providing a meal sourced entirely from within 150 miles of Oberlin’s kitchens.

Each week, the Turn Up! The Radio program allows Oberlin middle and high school students to take over the airwaves at 91.5 WOBC-FM and make their voices heard.

Henry Towbin ’13 leads an interdepartmental lab at the American Museum of Natural History that looks into a wide array of questions about natural history.

Elizabeth Gilmour ’13 is aiding earthquake relief efforts in Nepal through collaborative mapping with Kathmandu Living Labs.

Oberlin College announced it is partnering with Golden Door Scholars, a nonprofit program that provides scholarships and economic mobility for undocumented students.

Steph Szarmach ’15 looks to the San Francisco Bay Area skies to gain field biology experience.

Oberlin Theater’s first main stage production, directed by Assistant Professor Justin Emeka, opens October 1.

Jay Whitacre ’94 has just received the $500K Lemelson-MIT Prize for his invention of a saltwater battery, which has the potential to revolutionize the way sustainable energy is stored.

New Creation Farm, a local provider of ground beef and pork, is dedicated to raising animals humanely, without hormones, antibiotics, or GMOs.

Professor of Mathematics Susan Colley has been appointed editor-elect of the American Mathematical Monthly.