News
The 2013 Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition Arrives in July
June 21, 2013
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music and The Cleveland Orchestra are pleased to present the fourth annual Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition, which will take place July 18-26, 2013 on the campus of Oberlin College & Conservatory and at Cleveland’s Severance Hall.
![A young violinist performs with an orchestra](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sirena_huang_cooper-2011_by-roger-mastroianni.jpg?itok=mQcT5Drb)
Proclaiming Freedom
June 17, 2013
Communications Staff
Oberlin's annual Juneteenth festival featured food, music, arts, crafts, and more.
![A rock painted with a dove and the words "Freedom Juneteenth 2013"](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/freedom_rock_0.jpg?itok=smaLXU4q)
Whetting Appetites for Harp
June 10, 2013
Sam Rubin
In her 17th album, American Harp, Yolanda Kondonassis explores contemporary American harp music and whets audiences’ appetite for more.
![](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/yolanda_k_0.jpg?itok=1Xpdm7ja)
Horne Professorship Funded
June 7, 2013
Cathy Partlow Strauss
Philanthropist Stephen Rubin has committed $150,000 to establish the Marilyn Horne Professorship and Residency Fund.
Professional Theater for Free
June 3, 2013
Liv Combe
Orsino (Tip Scarry ’11) and Viola (Heather Harvey ’11) in the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival's production of Twelfth Night. The season continues through August 3.
![An actor hands a rose to another](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/twelfth_night_for_news_hub_0.jpg?itok=51NlZtlM)
Apollo Receives Preservation Award
May 30, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin’s Apollo Theatre has received the Award for Theater Restoration from the Cleveland Restoration Society and the American Institute of Architects-Cleveland. The honor was presented...
Cold Cash for Study of Ultracold Atoms
May 29, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Jennifer Schloss ’11 has won a Hertz Fellowship, the nation’s most generous support for graduate education in the applied physical, biological, and engineering sciences.
![Jennifer Schloss ’11](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jennifer_schloss_0.jpg?itok=5GHyIbSz)
Oberlin Chemists Come Together
May 29, 2013
Communications Staff
Three generations of Oberlin chemists came together on May 27.
![Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Norman Craig, Yihui Chen ’13, and former recipient David Evans ’63 in the Science Center](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs21553_-2-lpr_0.jpg?itok=CJy4w3UK)
Preserving a Historic Theater
May 28, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin’s Apollo Theatre has received the Award for Theater Restoration from the Cleveland Restoration Society and the American Institute of Architects-Cleveland.
![Audience watching a movie in the Apollo Theater](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/13.05.24_apollo_main_theater_dpreston_0.jpg?itok=d-aeVbkg)
Obies Win Fulbrights
May 26, 2013
Amanda Nagy, Liv Combe
Fifteen Obies have received Fulbright grants to study abroad.