News
Memory and Memorial
May 4, 2020
Communications Staff
Oberlin Alumni Magazine revisits the events of the Kent State University antiwar protests in an exclusive online feature story.
![students standing under an Oberlin banner in Washington D.C.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oberlin-kent-state.jpg?itok=fB25tOXl)
Counternarratives Installation Examines Bias in the News Media
October 23, 2018
Megan Harding
Brooklyn-based artist Alexandra Bell will mount large-scale works on two campus buildings, prompting viewers to think critically about how race and violence are portrayed in the New York Times.
![Counternarratives exhibition Counternarratives exhibition](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/charlottesville_pomona_college_install2.jpg?itok=IBSw00Pe)
Traveling Exhibit Examines Oberlin’s Social Justice Legacy in World War II
February 2, 2018
Tyler Sloan '17
Oberlin’s history of embodying leadership and empathy in times of political and social turmoil makes the title of the upcoming traveling exhibit, Courage and Compassion, especially fitting.
![Oberlin College’s 1943 student council. Back row: J. Benedict, K. Okuda, B. Burton, P. Lansdale. Front row: N. Rafetto, J. Prothero, G. Wettingfield, J. Pawlinson. Eight students in a 1940s living room.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/okuda_student_council_733w.jpg?itok=8pjqdaR0)