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Sheera Talpaz to Study Poets of Israel and Palestine as Fulbright U.S. Scholar
Kate Kaput
Sheera Talpaz, an assistant professor of comparative literature and Jewish studies at Oberlin, will spend the 2023-24 academic year in Israel and Palestine as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. Her research
Oberlin Researchers Part of Breakthrough Study on Gravitational Waves
Communications Staff
Fifteen-year NSF-funded project involves dozens of students past and present, provides evidence of Einstein’s theory of relativity.
Oberlin Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action
Office of Communications
Ruling bars colleges from considering race as a factor in admissions.
Voice of Experience
Tyler Applegate
Véronique Harris grew up a witness to inequality. Now she’s dedicating her life to eradicating it through a career in public-service law.
Cat Batch Fever
Hanna Raskin ’98
According to the cookie recipe tacked to a wall of the Cat in the Cream, one tablespoon of molasses can be substituted for one cup of sugar. But when Hillel Hinton-Williams is working at Oberlin’s
Feels on Wheels
G.M. Donley ’83
“I’m embarrassed to admit it, but it was a huge relief,” he recalls. “I hated riding that thing.”
In his fourth year, Bisker inherited a broken-down family bike that had been sitting in a garage in
Health for All
Tyler Applegate
Annie Griffith turned to Montana to serve in a fellow Obie’s reproductive health clinic.
Laymon’s Terms
David Silverberg
When Kiese Laymon looks back on his Oberlin years, he does not mince words.
“Being there, at a place that valued young Black artists, literally saved my life,” says the 1998 grad, an author and
South-of-the-Border Second Home
Tyler Applegate
Anna Sheik returns to Mexico to follow her love of language, history, and teaching.
Full Immersion
Tessa Sternal ’25
Dewi Beer’s love of teaching and language converge in a Taiwanese fellowship.
