News
Students Launch New Line of ObieWear
May 22, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Student designers have created an offbeat brand of collegiate apparel and accessories that reflects the Oberlin experience.
![group photo of members of the ObieWear team](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/obiewear_2013_0.jpg?itok=WGAtuc-b)
Campaign Crosses $175M Milestone
May 21, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin Illuminate, the college’s $250 million fundraising campaign, has reached the $175 million mark.
![Chinese lanterns strung along Tappan Square](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs13055_p5270002-scr_0.jpg?itok=2OlwZv7X)
Students' Language Studies Supported
May 17, 2013
Amanda Nagy, Liv Combe
A first-year student, a sophomore, and senior have received scholarships to study in India, Jordan, and Japan.
Sharing a Passion for Activism
May 14, 2013
Liv Combe
Sophomore Sophie Ottoni-Wilhelm is sharing her passion for activism and women’s issues by starting a campus chapter of the New Community Project.
![A young Nepali girl sees a photo for herself for the first time](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/nepal_2012_1_406_0.jpg?itok=3CgDIZz5)
Tops in Spectroscopy
May 14, 2013
Amanda Nagy, Liv Combe
Yihui Chen has received the Ernest B. Yeager Award for research in spectroscopy.
![See caption](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/yihui_chen_and_supercomputer_0.jpg?itok=58KmywLk)
Students Docents Guide Community Through Allen Memorial Art Museum
May 9, 2013
Elizabeth Kuhr
Thanks to a two-decades-old docent program, local schoolchildren can explore the treasures of the AMAM with the help and guidance of Oberlin students.
![Students looking at art at the Allen](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/docent-led_tour_1_0.jpg?itok=e1L0q_aM)
Two Receive Goldwater Honorable Mention
May 8, 2013
Amanda Nagy, Liv Combe
Taylor Richard and Daniel Starer-Stor receive honorable mention in the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program.
![](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs20101_taylor_richard-lpr_0.jpg?itok=NbtdM3rl)
Rallying Around Comic Art
May 8, 2013
Madeleine O'Meara
The students behind the Comics Collective offer their peers a community in which to practice drawing, get their work published, or share their favorite comics.
Junior Wins Udall Scholarship
May 6, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Junior Rachel Manning has received a 2013 Udall Scholarship.
The First Weekend in May
May 6, 2013
Communications Staff
Oberlinians know how to celebrate the month of May, ushering it in with a weekend of festivities and closing it with the biggest party of all—Commencement/Reunion Weekend. This year's opening revels on May 3, 4, and 5 went off without a hitch.