News
We Are the Scientists
Amanda Nagy
Marie Lilly made personal and scientific discoveries while studying sea turtle behavior in Costa Rica.
A Job That's Actually Brain Surgery
Sarah Orbuch
During winter term, pre-med student Kendra Lian shadowed surgeons at a hospital in China. In exchange, she helped doctors brush up on their English skills.
(Desert) Plants Are Cool, Too
Amanda Nagy
Associate Biology Professor Mike Moore shows the length that researchers will go to explore desert plant diversity.
Our Shared History
Amanda Nagy
A group of students teamed up to create the History Lessons Project, a public story sharing effort and art installation that coincided with the recent convocation talk by United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey.
An Exceptional Opportunity
Amanda Nagy
Two science students are picked for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s undergraduate summer internship program.
Oberlin Takes Manhattan... and Cleveland and San Francisco
Amanda Nagy
Two whirlwind networking tours. Ten days with theater and performing arts alumni in New York. A month with business and finance alumni in three cities. A small investment, big dreams realized. This is how Oberlin does intensive.
Envisioning Sustainability
James Helmsworth
Meghan Riesterer, the new head of Oberlin's Office of Environmental Sustainability, adds years of experience and expertise to Oberlin's commitment to the environment.
Oberlin Names New Hotel and Conference Center in Honor of Peter B. Lewis
Communications Staff
Oberlin College will soon construct a state-of-the-art hotel, restaurant, and conference center that will be named in honor of Peter B. Lewis, the late philanthropist and chairman of Progressive Insurance Company.
Civil Rights, Then and Now
Amanda Nagy
Black History Month brought prominent civil rights leader James Lawson and anti-apartheid leader Allan Boesak to Oberlin’s campus.
Rooks of the Year
Phoebe Hammer
At just two years old, Oberlin's chess team is already proving a force to be reckoned with.