News
Why 'Moist' Makes us Cringe
August 21, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Assistant Professor of Psychology Paul Thibodeau studies the social science behind “word aversion.”
![Man seated in front of chalkboard showing the word 'moist'](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/thibodeau_1200x800.jpg?itok=xrp9W0t4)
Uniting a Love of Music and Religion
August 20, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
This fall, Ambre Dromgoole ’15 will be attending Yale Divinity School, as well as interning for Walker International Communications Group.
![Ambre Dromgoole ’15 with her parents](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/img_5711_0.jpg?itok=Ot2wKlO0)
It Doesn't Get Any Greener Than This
August 20, 2015
Amanda Nagy
Just down the road, a hydroponic lettuce grower harvests fresh greens for Oberlin’s dining halls.
![Lettuce growing in a greenhouse.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/tylers_farm_thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=fribEkrd)
Translating More Than Words
August 20, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Annie Valocchi ’15 is spending her summer at Spannocchia, an organic farm and bread and breakfast near Siena, Italy, before she begins teaching English at an Italian high school this fall.
![Aerial view of a village](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/img_1270_0.jpg?itok=9QFm0qYH)
Writing with Purpose
August 20, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Nicholas Olson ’15 is spending his summer working for POZ magazine before beginning a master’s program in public policy at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.
![Nicholas Olson ’15](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/11850560_10208111003238599_329243252672493660_o_0.jpg?itok=N3zX95rv)
Microscopic Worm Leads to Big Opportunity
August 11, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Gabriel Moore ’15 Receives Travel Award to Present Peters Lab Research at the 2015 C.elegans International Meeting in Los Angeles.
![](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/moore_and_peters_portrait_0.jpg?itok=dYn_BG88)
Christian Tetzlaff, András Schiff Highlight 2015-16 Artist Recital Series
August 11, 2015
Josie Davis
Historic series’ 138th season also includes annual visit by the Cleveland Orchestra. Subscriptions are available now.
![Christian Tetzlaff](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/tetzlaff_crop_2.jpg?itok=OIJof5F2)
A Rising Star in African Entrepreneurship
August 5, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Kenyan international student and entrepreneur Sophie Umazi Mvurya ’16 has earned a place in the Stanford Africa MBA Fellowship Program.
![Sophie Umazi Mvurya](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/img_7333_0.jpg?itok=rMFU_Cga)
Professor Carol Lasser Elected President of Prestigious Historical Society
August 3, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Professor of History Carol Lasser has been named president-elect of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic.
![Carol Lasser](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/lasser_shear_teaser_0.jpg?itok=_ghc-gMQ)
A Summer Spent with Oberlin's Earliest Feminists
July 30, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Professor of History Carol Lasser and a team of students delve into the college archives to research first-wave feminisms in Oberlin.
![Three students and a professor at a table looking at their laptops](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/lasser_teaser_image_0.jpg?itok=0Y9RXT5j)