Campus News
This Week in Photos: Fireflies
November 4, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A wave of cell phones dancing in the air of a dimmed Finney Chapel during Friday Night Organ Pump mimics a swarm of fireflies. The image also serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
![A large audience hold up cell phones in a dark concert hall.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/halloween_organ_pump.jonathanclark25.jpg?itok=tTdG45Fo)
This Week in Photos: Returns and Openings
October 26, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Silhouettes and attentive audience members facing a bright glow is one photographer’s artistic interpretation of the energy during a concert inside Finney Chapel. The photo also serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
![The back of a student who is facing a well lit stage,](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/firstfridaysinfinney.jonathanclark25.jpg?itok=xFHpt7hD)
This Week in Photos: The Start of a New Year
September 30, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A first-year TIMARA student's handcrafted soundboard and belongings sit in a sprawling bundle on the walkway in front of Noah Hall. The mound of shoes, luggage, blankets, and bins was a familiar site around campus this week as students unloaded vehicles and moved into residence halls.
![A pair of boots and a soundboard sit on a sidewalk.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/1movein2021.yvonne_gay.jpg?itok=ZWM_Bqsa)
This Week in Photos: Orientation and All the Feels
September 22, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Two first-year students in the Class of 1970, each carrying an armload of clothes through the parking lot near Dascomb Hall, serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
![Two excited freshmen girls hold armloads of clothes.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/moveinday1966.arthurprincehorn.jpg?itok=wAUEoshh)
This Week in Photos: The Faces of Bosworth Hall
September 17, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A leisurely walk under a breezeway that connects Asia House to Bosworth Hall serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
![A stone breezeway](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/bosworthbreezeway.yvonnegay.jpg?itok=YcaNljSk)
This Week in Photos: Bike Culture at Oberlin
September 8, 2021
Yvonne Gay
It’s the 1960s, and a small group of students are standing with bicycles while a photographer takes their picture near a “caution 4,000 bikes in Oberlin” sign. This iconic photo is a tribute to Oberlin’s bike culture and serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
![A small group of students stand next to a bicycle sign while holding their bikes.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/4000bikesign.oberlinarchives.jpeg?itok=yKx0loFb)
This Week in Photos: Summer Semester Finals
August 30, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A top floor lounge in the Science Center surrounded by glowing sunlight through a wall of windows serves as the perfect study nest for this student. It also serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
![A student lounging in a chair while working on a laptop.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/summerfinals2.tanyarj.jpg?itok=YrVGEWV0)
This Week in Photos: Sheer Creativity
August 16, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A performer who seems to glide through the air against a night backdrop, propelled by wispy long wings that give off a majestic glow, serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
![A student actor wearing shear glow in the dark wings.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/1thetempest.clarissa_heart.jpg?itok=sxbw_2T-)
This Week in Photos: Alzheimer's Research
August 5, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A picture of a student transferring an opaque substance into a gel box in a neuroscience lab serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
![A science student pours liquid from a flask into an apparatus.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/1alzheimers_diseas.yvonnegay.jpg?itok=4HU4nlZ5)
This Week in Photos: The Study Bowl
March 31, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A small group of students in Wilder Bowl reading and enjoying the warm March weather serves as inspiration in this week’s photo series.
![Students sit ion the lawn and in chairs as they study outside,](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/wilder_bowl_student_life.yvonne_gay.jpg?itok=TjhMOrvZ)