News
Oberlin Researchers Part of Breakthrough Study on Gravitational Waves
June 29, 2023
Communications Staff
Fifteen-year NSF-funded project involves dozens of students past and present, provides evidence of Einstein’s theory of relativity.
![artist's depiction of gravitational waves caused by a supermassive black hole binary.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/nanograv_pta_gwb_15yr.jpg?itok=crfp6bA_)
Oberlin Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action
June 29, 2023
Office of Communications
Ruling bars colleges from considering race as a factor in admissions.
![campus image of Oberlin College and Conservatory with blossoming tree framing an Oberlin logo.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oberlin_campus_photo.jpg?itok=EQUskm_K)
Voice of Experience
June 27, 2023
Tyler Applegate
Véronique Harris grew up a witness to inequality. Now she’s dedicating her life to eradicating it through a career in public-service law.
![Véronique Harris.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/veronique_profile.jpeg?itok=TchlmRBC)
Cat Batch Fever
June 21, 2023
Hanna Raskin ’98
According to the cookie recipe tacked to a wall of the Cat in the Cream , one tablespoon of molasses can be substituted for one cup of sugar. But when Hillel Hinton-Williams is working at Oberlin...
![Manager Hillel Hinton_Williams Baking Cookies.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/catcookiescover_0.png?itok=WUGftGPE)
Feels on Wheels
June 21, 2023
G.M. Donley ’83
“I’m embarrassed to admit it, but it was a huge relief,” he recalls. “I hated riding that thing.” In his fourth year, Bisker inherited a broken-down family bike that had...
![Josh helps a little neighbor fix his handlebars in Williamsburg.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/9._josh_helps_a_little_neighbor_fix_his_handlebars_in_williamsburg.jpg?itok=ir0WBzLz)
Health for All
June 20, 2023
Tyler Applegate
Annie Griffith turned to Montana to serve in a fellow Obie’s reproductive health clinic.
![Annie Griffith and her internship mentor, Helen Weems, outside All Families Healthcare.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/new.jpeg?itok=ZNvICwgO)
Laymon’s Terms
June 20, 2023
David Silverberg
When Kiese Laymon looks back on his Oberlin years, he does not mince words. “Being there, at a place that valued young Black artists, literally saved my life,” says the 1998 grad, an...
![Kiese Laymon headshot.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/laymon_2022_hi-res-download_4.jpg?itok=ly1r0jNr)
South-of-the-Border Second Home
June 16, 2023
Tyler Applegate
Anna Sheik returns to Mexico to follow her love of language, history, and teaching.
![Anna Sheik.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/anna_sheik_23_by_tanya_rosen-jones.jpg?itok=Sis1w2kq)
Full Immersion
June 15, 2023
Tessa Sternal ’25
Dewi Beer’s love of teaching and language converge in a Taiwanese fellowship.
![Dewi Beer '22.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/dewi_beer_22_courtesy_of_dewi_beer.png?itok=N15afMrs)
Lighting the Way
June 8, 2023
Maura Johnston
Tony Award-winning lighting designer Natasha Katz ’81 first found her spark at Oberlin.
![Natasha Katz at the 2022 Tony Awards.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/natasha_katz_at_2022_tony_awards_courtesy_creative_commons.png?itok=H9uBIFLa)