News
Radio Is not Dead
Liv Combe
For the past 22 seasons, students have spun a tale of detective noir—The Dead Hear Footsteps— on Oberlin’s radio station.
Student Athlete Lands HHMI Internship
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
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
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.
Oberlin Chess Club Makes Its Move
Elizabeth Kuhr
Inactive for more than a decade, the recently revived chess club is competing in tournaments and attracting new student members.
Protecting Libyan Archaeology
Amanda Nagy
Professor Susan Kane has been received he Society for American Archaeology’s Presidential Award for her work preserving Libyan archaeological sites and heritage during the country’s 2011 civil war.
Researching Dental Health in Namibia
Amanda Nagy
Premed student Richard McGuire is making important discoveries about the state of dental health in poor and underserved communities.
Delving Into Arizona's Mining History
Paris Achenbach
While exploring Arizona's historic copper mines through a photojournalism project, senior Paris Achenbach discovered as much about her future as she did about the state's past and present.
Biology Major Volunteers at Public Health Organization
Madeleine O'Meara
Senior Madeleine O’Meara reflects on her winter term spent working at the Mother’s Milk Bank of Denver.
Lacrosse Team Completes Winter Term Projects Around the World
Liv Combe
While keeping up their training for the upcoming season, the members of the women’s lacrosse team completed winter term projects as varied as chemistry research, teaching outdoor skills to children in Lake Tahoe, and visiting the art museums of Paris.