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Brian Tom ’20 Wins AICUO Grand Award For Visual Arts
Kyra McConnell ’22
A senior studio art student, Tom received the top prize for his 10-piece sculpture submission that explores the human responses to death.
Composer, Librettist Selected to Develop New Opera at Oberlin
Erich Burnett
Alice Tierney will be workshopped with students, premiered on campus in 2023.
Welcome Showers
Erich Burnett
Oberlin students lead ‘‘Gratitude Challenge’’ with area hospital and children.
Hannah Scholl ’21 Awarded Delta Phi Alpha Scholarship
Carson Li ’20
A trip to Germany as an exchange student sparked an interest in the country’s language and culture.
Henry Hicks ’21 Receives Prestigious Truman Scholarship
Amanda Nagy
Hicks’s experiences on and off campus demonstrate his passion for being a changemaker.
Our Coronavirus Curtain Call
Liam Kaplan ’20
A student pianist recalls the concerto he chased for years and the Oberlin moment that will last a lifetime.
‘‘Rands at Oberlin’’ Features English Horn Professor Robert Walters, Oberlin Ensembles
Erich Burnett
Oberlin Music release serves as premiere recording of conservatory-commissioned Concerto for English Horn.
Finney on Demand
Erich Burnett
A homegrown app allows musicians everywhere to mimic the acoustics of their favorite Oberlin venues.
Oberlin Costume Shop Produces Face Masks
Amanda Nagy
The COVID-19 quarantine put theater and opera theater on hold, but Costume Shop Manager Heather Brown has kept her sewing machine running.
Oberlin College Moves to Test-Optional Model for 2020-2021 Admissions Cycle
Communications Staff
In light of the unprecedented effects the current pandemic is having on high school students around the world, Oberlin College is moving to a test-optional model for the next three years starting with the 2020-2021 admissions cycle, and continuing as a pilot program through the 2022-2023 application year.