News
Radio Is not Dead
March 11, 2013
Liv Combe
For the past 22 seasons, students have spun a tale of detective noir— The Dead Hear Footsteps — on Oberlin’s radio station.
Campus Commits to Real Food
March 11, 2013
Liv Combe
The college has pledged to adopt a comprehensive real food policy and multiyear action plan to achieve the goal of buying 40 percent real food by 2020.
Student Athlete Lands HHMI Internship
March 8, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Record-breaking runner Molly Martorella, a neuroscience and biochemistry double major, has been awarded a summer research internship with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Senior is 2013 Luce Scholar
March 5, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Neuroscience and mathematics major Billy Broderick will spend a year living and working in Asia as a Luce Scholar.
Art, Identities, and Museums
February 27, 2013
Liv Combe
Johnnetta Cole ’57 reflects on how she got from studying anthropology at Oberlin to being the director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
Oberlin Chess Club Makes Its Move
February 26, 2013
Elizabeth Kuhr
Inactive for more than a decade, the recently revived chess club is competing in tournaments and attracting new student members.
Protecting Libyan Archaeology
February 22, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Professor Susan Kane has been received he Society for American Archaeology’s Presidential Award for her work preserving Libyan archaeological sites and heritage during the country’s 2011 civil war.
Researching Dental Health in Namibia
February 21, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Premed student Richard McGuire is making important discoveries about the state of dental health in poor and underserved communities.
Delving Into Arizona's Mining History
February 20, 2013
Paris Achenbach
While exploring Arizona's historic copper mines through a photojournalism project, senior Paris Achenbach discovered as much about her future as she did about the state's past and present.
Biology Major Volunteers at Public Health Organization
February 19, 2013
Madeleine O'Meara
Senior Madeleine O’Meara reflects on her winter term spent working at the Mother’s Milk Bank of Denver.