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Student Compositions to Be Premiered by Formalist Quartet in February
Conservatory Communications Staff
Winter Term workshop includes collaboration with visiting artists.
Students and Community Give Back on MLK Day
Communications Staff
Students and community members celebrated the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 19, with a morning of volunteer service activities. The volunteers spent the morning
Historical Marker Honors Oberlin Group
Amanda Nagy
Fifty years ago, a team of Oberlin students and faculty helped rebuild a Mississippi church destroyed by fire following a voting rights rally. Their effort has been recognized with a historical marker on Mississippi's Freedom Trail.
Practical Magic
Amanda Nagy
Professor Drew Wilburn finds archaeological evidence of magic in antiquity.
A Judge for Change
Rosalind Black
Amy Dawson ’89 learned her son had autism when he was 3 years old. In response, she founded the Autism Advocacy & Law Center, and recently won a seat in the Fourth Judicial District of Hennepin County in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Sharing the Wealth
Louis Krauss
Organizations like Oberlin's Book Co-op, Bike Co-op, and Free Store offer affordable ways for students and community members to get what they need, while recycling items that might otherwise go to waste.
To the Home of Steel Pan
Rosalind Black
Oberlin Steel, Oberlin's steel pan band, travels to Trinidad this winter term to study performance and playing techniques and absorb the culture and history of the country that created the steel pan.
An Eye-Opening Experience
Amanda Nagy
A team of Oberlin students attended the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, with several taking home awards for their presentations.
Ethan Dong Speaks About Careers in—and out of—Music
Conservatory Communications Staff
Pianist and educator emphasizes honesty, sincerity, and determination.
Social Mediation
Sky Kalfus
Sophie Umazi ‘16 is recognized by the BBC for her international peacekeeping campaign, #IAmKenyan, which has become the model for countries around the world.