News
Focus on Folk
Madeline Raynor
At the 17th annual Oberlin Folk Festival, Oberlin’s rich folk history continues as Oberlin students and local acts share a bill with acclaimed headliners.
Takes Well to Direction
Daniel McGrew '15
Baritone Jason Goldberg '16 turned his love of opera into an individual major in directing.
Oberlin Partners with International Piano Academy Lake Como
Erich Burnett
Collaboration establishes North American home for the venerated Italian program for elite student pianists.
Taiyo Scanlon-Kimura '15 Receives Fulbright Research Grant
Lisa Gulasy
Taiyo Scanlon-Kimura ’15 will study regional food systems as drivers of local economies in Japan.
Emily Wilkerson '15 Receives Fulbright Grant
Lisa Gulasy
Emily Wilkerson ’15, a comparative literature and German double-major, starts her teaching assistantship at a school in Lower Saxony in September.
Inspired by Social Change
Amanda Nagy
Politics major Machmud Makhmudov receives prestigious Truman Scholarship for graduate studies in public service.
First Lady Michelle Obama to Address Class of 2015
Communications Staff
The First Lady will visit Oberlin as part of her Reach Higher initiative.
Word Power
Xiaoqian Zhu
Oberlin's slam poetry club, OSlam!, sent a competitive team to Richmond, Virginia, to compete in the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI). The team placed 16th out of 68 competitors, beating its personal record from the previous year.
Environmental Justice in a Tar Sands Battleground
Amanda Nagy
A team of students led by Professor Janet Fiskio conduct research for a Gulf Coast community founded by the last ship of enslaved peoples brought from Africa to the United States.
Recital Talk with Sivan Silver-Swartz '15
Conservatory Communications Staff
Senior composition student discusses the creative process and more.