News
Life on the Border
April 4, 2013
Liv Combe
Study away doesn’t have to take place in another country. In the southwest borderlands, Oberlin students are learning more about themselves and their own country than they could have anticipated.

Oberlin Art Professor Awarded ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowship
April 2, 2013
Liv Combe
Assistant Professor of Art History Sarah Hamill has been awarded a 2013 Collaborative Research Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. Hamill will co-author a study of the role of photography in shaping modern conceptions of art and history.

December Grad is Watson Fellow
March 27, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Gail Schwieterman will spend a year investigating conservation efforts to curb the overfishing of sharks and other marine life as a 2013-14 Watson Fellow.

Environmental Engagement Goes Community Wide
March 15, 2013
Erich Burnett
A groundbreaking collaboration between campus and city, the Bioregional Dashboard is a user friendly way to provide feedback on energy and water usage across the community and foster environmentally engaged citizens.

Alumna Wins Met National Council Auditions
March 13, 2013
Logan Buckley
Sydney Mancasola ’11 is the latest in a long line of Oberlinians to succeed in the National Council Auditions of the Metropolitan Opera.

Radio Is not Dead
March 11, 2013
Liv Combe
For the past 22 seasons, students have spun a tale of detective noir— The Dead Hear Footsteps — on Oberlin’s radio station.

Campus Commits to Real Food
March 11, 2013
Liv Combe
The college has pledged to adopt a comprehensive real food policy and multiyear action plan to achieve the goal of buying 40 percent real food by 2020.

Student Athlete Lands HHMI Internship
March 8, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Record-breaking runner Molly Martorella, a neuroscience and biochemistry double major, has been awarded a summer research internship with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Senior is 2013 Luce Scholar
March 5, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Neuroscience and mathematics major Billy Broderick will spend a year living and working in Asia as a Luce Scholar.

Art, Identities, and Museums
February 27, 2013
Liv Combe
Johnnetta Cole ’57 reflects on how she got from studying anthropology at Oberlin to being the director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
