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2025–26 Academic Year

Our Year of AI Exploration

September 2, 2025

If you open the ChatGPT app on your phone and type in the question “Is any technology coming close to having the same impact on society as the smartphone?” The answer? “Great question—very few technologies have reshaped human life as much as smartphones have. But some emerging ones may come close (or even surpass them): 1. Artificial Intelligence (AI).”

Welcome to Campus from President Ambar

September 2, 2025

For many of us in Oberlin’s campus community, the turn of the calendar to late summer signals something special.


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