Campus News
Chet Arcaba Earns 2024 YB Award for Extraordinary Service
May 6, 2024
Communications Staff
Now 45 years into his Oberlin career, director of facilities stewardship garners widespread praise for his tireless dedication to the campus and community.
Marcia Colish, Frederick B. Artz Emerita Professor of History, Dies at 86
April 18, 2024
Communications Staff
Renowned scholar and teacher also made lasting contributions to campus culture over a career spanning 38 years.
Tom Sherman, Emeritus Professor of Biology, Dies at 89
April 15, 2024
Communications Staff
Oberlin graduate and longtime faculty member remembered for penning the ode to Oberlin A Place on the Glacial Till.
Hirschel Kasper, Longtime Oberlin Economics Professor, Dies at 89
April 9, 2024
Communications Staff
His remarkable teaching career spanned from 1963 to 2017 and numbered thousands of students.
Remembering Robert Dodson, 11th Dean of Oberlin Conservatory
October 27, 2023
Conservatory Communications
Educator, performer, and administrator helmed numerous major music schools.
Amalia Haas ’91 Named Campus Rabba for Oberlin Hillel
September 14, 2023
Communications Staff
Double-major graduate served in interim role in spring 2023.
Victor Hymes ’79 Named to Audubon Society Board
August 31, 2023
Communications Staff
Entrepreneur and financier Victor Hymes, a 1979 graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory, has been named to the Audubon Society’s national board of directors. A resident of San Francisco,...
May Update from President Carmen Twillie Ambar — 2023 Service Awards Honorees
May 8, 2023
Office of Communications
President Carmen Twillie Ambar celebrates the work and service of faculty and staff and recognizes those who have served Oberlin College and Conservatory for the milestones of 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5 years.
Danielle Abdon Named Director of Fellowships and Awards
March 31, 2023
Office of Communications
The College of Arts and Sciences is delighted to announce that Danielle Abdon has joined Oberlin College as the director of fellowships and awards. Prior to joining Oberlin, she led the fellowships office at Rollins College, where she increased the average number of Fulbright applicants by 70 percent, reaching a record number of semi-finalists in the 2022-23 application cycle.
Jiann I. Lin (1940-2023); A Remembrance by David Young
March 15, 2023
Longman Emeritus Professor of Englis David Young
Jiann Lin served as East Asian Librarian for 38 years at Oberlin College, overseeing a collection of 26,000 volumes until his retirement in 2007. He also enjoyed translating Chinese poetry and history, collaborating on several projects with Longman Emeritus Professor of English David Young, who shares a remembrance of his friend and colleague. A memorial celebration of Jiann Lin’s life will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 25 at First Church in Oberlin.