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Richard Powers to Deliver Commencement Address to Class of 2023
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Prolific, Pulitzer Prize-winning author celebrated for his thoughtful explorations of humanity’s place in the world.
Students, Faculty Participate in Detroit's Resonate Symposium
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Two years in the making, Oberlin Conservatory students and faculty are in midtown Detroit, April 14-15, to participate and perform in the Resonate Chamber Music Symposium, held at The Carr Center—an organization dedicated to showcasing Black arts and artists.
Students Present Research at Chemical Society Conference
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Areas of focus include antibiotic resistence and protein profiling.
Winkler Prize Winner Takes On Classics’ Unseemly Side
Tyler Applegate
Cat Lambert discusses Lucian's "Ignorant Book Collector" in audacious essay.
A Voice for the Voiceless
Ava Miller '25
Sydney Allen ’19 on a career as an international journalist.
Oberlin's Cooper International Competition for Piano Returns in 2023
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
“We are thrilled to bring back the Cooper piano competition and to collaborate with the Cleveland Orchestra once again as we celebrate the best young piano talent in the world,” says Oberlin Professor of Piano Robert Shannon, Cooper piano competition director and jury chair. Applications are due on April 25.
Melissa Fleming ’86, Head of Communications for the United Nations, Returns for April 10 Talk
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Melissa Fleming, the Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications at the United Nations and a 1986 graduate of Oberlin College, will return to her alma mater to discuss her career and her Oberlin
Dolores White ’54, Composer, Educator, and Pianist, Dies at 90
Cathy Partlow Strauss
A prolific composer, Mrs. White enjoyed a lengthy and diverse career incorporating teaching and performing into her artistic practice, while raising a family and supporting her husband, Donald, a
Oberlin Students Shine in Theater Design Competition
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Proposed renovations to Hall Auditorium top submissions from graduate school programs.
Spring Performances Slated for Winners Named in Oberlin’s Concerto Competition
Joshua Reinier
Each fall, Oberlin Conservatory seniors have the opportunity to compete in the annual Concerto Competition, with the top four winners featured in the spring as soloists with the Oberlin orchestras.