News
Jessye Norman: Strive to Live Artfully
Communications Staff
Jessye Norman, hailed as one of the world’s greatest opera and concert singers, gave the 2016 Commencement address on May 23.
Oberlin Summer Theater Festival Launches June 24
Amanda Nagy
Now in its eighth season, the festival continues its tradition of providing meaningful theater classics with free admission.
Taylor Field '15 Receives National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Kasey Cheydleur
Field, currently pursuing a degree at the University of Michigan, has been recognized for her research on the parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender children.
Oberlin Music CD Showcases Music by Michael Strauss' Jackson Trio
Conservatory Communications Staff
Wordless Verses marks the first recording for longtime collaborators Strauss, oboist Roger Roe, and pianist R. Kent Cook.
Students Succeed in French Language Competition
Chloe Vassot
Fourth-year French majors Georgia Lederman and Morgan Griffith took home first and second place, respectively, at a French-speaking competition hosted by la Maison Française de Cleveland.
Business and Pleasure and Ballerinas
Faith Roberts
Thanisa Durongkaveroj ’18, an international student from Thailand, seeks balance among her many interests.
Emily Nussbaum '88 Awarded Pulitzer Prize
Lisa Gulasy
Alumna selected for the honor “for television reviews written with an affection that never blunts the shrewdness of her analysis or the easy authority of her writing.”
Julia Skrovan '15 Receives Shansi Grant to Indonesia
Lisa Gulasy
Alumna Julia Skrovan ’15 will teach English and lend writing support to undergraduate and graduate students at Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh.
Louise Edwards '16 Receives Shansi Fellowship
Kasey Cheydleur
Louise Edwards ’16 says her Shansi fellowship at Shanxi Agricultural University in Taigu, China, is an opportunity to learn more about her biracial identity by engaging in cross-cultural learning.
Leo Harrington Awarded Fulbright Grant to Austria
Lisa Gulasy
The history and music performance double-degree student will teach English and continue research on music and society in interwar Germanic culture.