News Releases

Oberlin College has been named a 2021 Excellence in Energy Award winner by NRG Energy, Inc. for the significant impact of its sustainability initiatives that achieve notable environmental and social benefits.

Oberlin College and Conservatory’s first Environmental and Social Responsibility Report, released today, shares the many ways in which students, faculty, staff, and the broader Oberlin community are working together to inspire the world we need. The report provides a wide-ranging look at the efforts of Oberlin College and Conservatory to address environmental and social responsibility in three spheres of influence: campus commitment, community commitment, and global commitment.

Oberlin College announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized it as Champion in the 2017–18 College and University Green Power Challenge.

Technology created at Oberlin expands in Akron, Cleveland, and Toledo.

Oberlin College awarded a four-year, $400,000 grant by the Henry Luce Foundation’s Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment program.

Oberlin College has been awarded a grant from the Great Lakes College Association (GLCA) as part of its “Expanding Collaboration Initiative.”

Oberlin has been selected as one of 50 communities competing for the Georgetown University Energy Prize, a national $5 million competition that aims to rethink the way American communities use energy.

The City of Oberlin and Oberlin College have advanced in the next stage toward becoming a "climate positive" community in the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group’s Climate Positive Development Program.

Oberlin College was named a finalist in the fourth annual Second Nature 2013 Climate Leadership Awards, an annual competition among colleges and universities that are signatories of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).

Oberlin College was named the Best 4-Year Higher Education Institution on the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Center for Green Schools “Best of Green Schools 2012” list.