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Ninde Scholars tutors help low-income and first-generation Oberlin High School students prepare for and apply to college.

Eli Stine ’14 unites his two passions, music and computer science, as a Jefferson Fellow in the Composition and Computer Technologies Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia.

Kirsten Liebl ’13 is following her heart toward a career in horticulture, working at a series of public gardens and farms.

Hispanic studies course and winter-term trip to Havana provide an unfiltered account of life in Cuba.

New creations, written over winter term, spring to life through a string quartet collaboration on campus.

Distinguished Professor at USC Thornton School of Music will chair Oberlin’s Department of Composition beginning July 1.

Second-year Kate Diamond spent winter term compiling titles of science fiction and fantasy books with diverse characters into an online database, All Our Worlds. The staff of the Oberlin College Library agreed to add 100 such titles to its collection.

An exploratory grant from the Henry Luce Foundation has paved the way for intensive study trips to China and Japan, special seminars on campus, and curriculum development.

The college will pay tribute to Jesse Rowsell, a beloved member of the chemistry faculty who died January 30.

Of 19 participating teams, three ventures—Pop Up Plus, Subtletees, and MyChair—were awarded top prizes at the third annual LaunchU venture accelerator and pitch competition.