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Radio Journalist and Entrepreneur Alex Blumberg ’89 Talks Future of Audio
March 12, 2020
Amanda Nagy
A veteran of the public radio shows This American Life and Planet Money, Alex Blumberg started the podcast company Gimlet Media.
LaunchU Awards $35,000 in Startup Funds to Students and Alumni
March 11, 2020
Kyra McConnell ’22
Team of students wins top prize for a mobile service aimed at improving student life.
Creativity and Leadership is now the Center for Innovation and Impact
September 10, 2018
Communications Staff
We talked with Bara Watts, director of the Center for Innovation and Impact, about the change and what it means for the campus.
Entrepreneurial Thinking in the Innovation Economy
March 21, 2018
Amanda Nagy
Participants in LaunchU, Oberlin’s venture accelerator and pitch competition, gain career-building experience.
LaunchU Awards $37K in Startup Funding
March 14, 2018
Amanda Nagy
A panel of judges and investors select four ventures in the annual LaunchU pitch competition.
Ace of Clubs
July 27, 2017
Samantha Spaccasi ’17
A circuitous route through Oberlin led directly to a dream job for Gabe Pollack ’11, who today manages a popular jazz club in the Cleveland area.
When in Rome...Make Music
June 1, 2017
Cathy Partlow Strauss '84
A student-formed ensemble enjoys high-profile gigs and a quest for deeper understanding.
A Voice for Women Migrant Workers
May 23, 2015
Amanda Nagy
First-year Dai Li receives a Davis Projects for Peace grant to empower China’s factory workers through a labor-focused Android app.
Orange is the New Learning Tool
July 21, 2014
Rosalind Black
A team of students have partnered to bring technology-based education to rural India.
Lucid Visual
July 1, 2014
James Helmsworth
Now celebrating its tenth year in operation, Lucid Design, a resource monitoring company, reflects back on its roots in student-professor collaboration at Oberlin.
