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Megan Kaes Long Wins Society for Music Theory's Wallace Berry Award
December 20, 2021
Erich Burnett
Megan Kaes Long , an associate professor of music theory at Oberlin Conservatory, was awarded the 2021 Wallace Berry Award by the Society for Music Theory. The prize is given annually for a...
Ho Ting (Kelvin) Tang Earns 2021 Takács Beethoven Piano Prize
December 13, 2021
Erich Burnett
Annual competition honors Oberlin’s longtime professor and the master who inspires his work.
Winners Named in Oberlin’s 2021 Senior Concerto Competition
November 18, 2021
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Four instrumentalists will perform with the Oberlin Orchestra in April and May 2022.
The Chopin Whisperer
November 9, 2021
Erich Burnett
Oberlin professor Dang Thai Son conquered one of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions. Now his students are doing the same.
Computer Science Professor Stephen Checkoway Receives Golden Goose Award
September 22, 2021
Amanda Nagy
Checkoway is part of a team of scientists being honored for work leading to the discovery that someone could hack a car.
Critical Language Scholarship Recipient Boosts His Sense of Identity
July 28, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Raavi Asdar’s Critical Language Scholarship not only helped him explore his own sense of self but exposed him to other cultures, all of which play a key factor as he ponders a career abroad after graduation.
Jazz Professor Billy Hart Named NEA Jazz Master for 2022
July 21, 2021
Erich Burnett
Drummer has performed with a long list of jazz greats across a career spanning seven decades.
Zoe Guiney ’21 Looks Forward to Exploring the Importance of Creative Expression in Communication
July 20, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Zoe Guiney, a Hispanic studies and cinema studies major, graduated from Oberlin College with high honors in May. Her educational journey will continue in Mexico as a Fulbright recipient.
TAPIF Fellow Plans to Challenge the Educational Norms
July 19, 2021
Yvonne Gay
While on a Teaching Assistant Program in France Fellowship, Jules Taylor ’21 hopes to learn who she is as an educator, while absorbing everything she can about the culture, language, and food of Paris.
Fulbright ETA in Mexico Recipient to Provide Support to Asylum Seekers and Refugees
July 13, 2021
Yvonne Gay
While serving as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Mexico this fall, Johan Cavert ’20 also plans to provide support to asylum seekers and refugees.
